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περιπέτεια 11 ημερών
Καζαμπλάνκα, Μαρόκο
From the Atlas Mountains to the Sahara, experience Morocco's Berber culture
11 μέρες
Φαγητό, Ποτά, Διαμονή, Μεταφορά
From the snow-capped Atlas Mountains and breezy coastal port cities to the blazing Sahara Desert, Morocco’s diverse and stunning landscapes have been cradles of human history for hundreds of thousands of years. Among some of the country’s earliest inhabitants were the Amazigh, or Berber, people—who continue to shape the language, culture, and cuisine of Morocco today. On this immersive, 11-day trip, we’ll venture through Casablanca, deep into the mountains, through the vast Sahara, and beyond, visiting various Berber communities for days at a time. We’ll participate in local initiatives led by community members, learn about the differences between various Berber cultures across the country, and sip countless cups of steaming mint tea—camping in the desert, soaking in steamy hammams, and straddling a camel or two along the way. This trip is offered by Atlas Obscura. Once you've reserved your spot, our team will be in touch to help you prepare for the trip. Please note that flights to and from Casablanca are not included in the trip cost. This trip is limited to 14 travelers.
Welcome to Casablanca!
After settling in, we'll meet up with our fellow travelers for a tour of the Hassan II Mosque and a welcome dinner.
Into the Heart of the Atlas Mountains
After breakfast, we'll head to Zawiya Ahansal, the village we'll call home for the next three nights.
Community, Carpets & Poetry
Today we'll have the opportunity partake in several community programs focused on education, gardening, and beyond.
Hammams of Zawiya Ahansal
After participating in community initiatives, we'll relax in a traditional wood-heated bathhouse and steam room.
From Mountains to Marrakech
This morning, we'll hit the road and head to Marrakech and grab dinner in the city.
Ancient Markets & Olive Tree Gardens
We'll spend the day exploring Marrakech, weaving through bustling markets and relaxing in cool gardens.
Into the Sahara
Today, we'll venture into the Sahara, crossing the Tizi n’Tichka and spending the night at a desert oasis village.
Life in a Desert Oasis
After breakfast, we'll head to Ighils, a remote oasis village, where we'll learn about desert Berber culture.
Camelback Trek & Saharan Camping
We'll travel through the Draa Valley, traversing the dunes of the Sahara on camelback until we reach our campsite.
Ημέρα 10
Kasbahs of Ouarzazate
Today, we'll journey to Ouarzazate, an ancient port city known for its kasbahs, oases, and film studios.
Departure or off to Essaouira
Say goodbye and head to the airport, or stay for our three-day extension, beginning in Essaouira.
Rachel At Atlas Obscura
I'm your Atlas Obscura Trip Coordinator. Since 2016, Atlas Obscura has been offering unusual trips to the world’s most extraordinary places. Our itineraries are developed in close collaboration with the locals and insiders who host them—our global community of explorers, artists, researchers, and experts who grant us access to unique places and amazing experiences. This trip will be led in partnership with Atlas Cultural Adventures. One of ACA's dynamic and knowledgeable local guides fluent in all local languages, as well as French and English, will lead the program as a host and cultural expert, and we'll meet and work with community members along the way.
Σε συνεργασία με τον οργανισμό Atlas Obscura
Περιπέτεια από την Atlas Obscura
Αυτό το ταξίδι διοργανώνεται από την Atlas Obscura, τον απόλυτο οδηγό για τα κρυμμένα θαύματα του κόσμου.
Αποστολή της Atlas Obscura είναι να μας καταπλήξει και να εξάψει την περιέργειά μας για τον κόσμο που μας περιβάλλει. Η Atlas Obscura μας αποκαλύπτει κρυφά μέρη, απίστευτες ιστορίες και θαύματα από τον κόσμο της επιστήμης και της γαστρονομίας. Επιπλέον, διοργανώνει ασυνήθιστα ταξίδια και εμπειρίες σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο.
10 πρωινά, 10 δείπνα, 9 μεσημεριανά
Νερό, τσάι, κοκτέιλ
8 διανυκτερεύσεις σε ξενοδοχείο, 1 διανυκτέρευση σε σκηνή, 1 διανυκτέρευση σε κάστρο
1 διαδρομή με λεωφορείο
Starting in the heart of Casablanca, we'll journey through the Atlas Mountains and across the Sahara Desert, followed by an optional, three-day extension in the coastal city of Essaouira.
Επιτρέπονται έως και 14 επισκέπτες ηλικίας 18 ετών και πάνω. Το επίπεδο δραστηριότητας για αυτή την περιπέτεια είναι μέτριο. The total cost of this trip is $4,515 ($6,005 if taking the extension to Essaouira). For those traveling solo, single…
$4.515/άτομο
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Event Details - Colin Mochrie presents HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis
Colin Mochrie presents HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM (ET)
H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center
Friday, April 24, 2020 - 7:30 PM
Tickets: $75 (VIP Seating), $55, $45, & $35
From the brilliant minds of improv and comedy legend Colin Mochrie and Master Hypnotist Asad Mecci comes a brand-new, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping, side-splitting show. Hypnosis and Improv—two art forms that have mystified and entertained fans, sceptics, and everyone in between for decades worldwide—come together as two masters of their crafts united for a totally unique comedy experience—HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis.
Twenty random volunteers from the audience will be put under hypnosis (the process of which is a show in its own right), their inhibitions evaporated, and their minds no longer their own. The four or five best are left on stage when one of the world’s leading improvisers enters! Colin Mochrie (co-creator) will initiate and manipulate those under hypnosis himself and turn the show into an improv extravaganza!
In the hands of two masters, and solely crafted from the audience’s uninhibited subconscious, this will be an entirely original and completely unforgettable show, for who knows where the unconscious mind will go. What can possibly go wrong? Come and see for yourself!
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STEM Fellowship Program Yields Big Impacts
Manchester students get hands-on experience at the STEM Discovery Lab
Blog > STEM Fellowship Program Yields Big Impacts
Termites are tiny pests with a big appetite. But, as students in the Agnes Lindsay STEM Fellowship Program learned on a recent Thursday afternoon, inside every termite are even tinier microorganisms that help the insect digest wood.
“This is so cool,” said Omaima Serhan, a sophomore at Manchester West High School as she looked through a microscope and tried to separate a termite’s head and abdomen. “I never saw myself doing anything like this … but the fact that I want to be a biology major in college and can get a head start by doing this is super cool.”
Serhan is one of this year’s class of Agnes Lindsay Fellows. The program recognizes and supports the development of talent among Manchester School District high school students, particularly students who are underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. This year’s fellowship is a partnership between the STEM Discovery Lab at UNH Manchester and West High School.
Each Thursday, the fellows gather at the UNH Manchester for workshops led by UNH faculty. The program also includes project-based and UNHM student-mentored experiences throughout the school year. Students receive high school credit for the program, complete research projects and get a sneak peek at their futures. The fellowship is sponsored by the Agnes Lindsay Trust.
A workshop in October found the fellows learning about microorganisms. Kyle MacLea, an assistant professor of biology at UNH Manchester, provided the fellows with an overview of how microorganisms impact humans every day. After an initial discussion that covered everything from, in MacLea’s words, the “soft rain of microorganisms around us in the air right now” to the beneficial organisms found in the GI tracts of cows, horses, rabbits and humans, the students had a chance to see some microorganisms up close.
They did so by dissecting termites. Trichonympha and other organisms live inside the insect’s gut and digest wood particles. Without the organisms, termites couldn’t digest wood; without the termites, the organisms wouldn’t receive the nutrients they need from the wood. After a brief demonstration from MacLea, Serhan and her peers set about the difficult task of securing a termite from the sample container, dissecting it, and viewing the microorganisms.
“I’m really fascinated by organisms and just life in general, and I want to understand it more,” Serhan said.
The Agnes Lindsay Fellowship gives students a chance to see what the STEM fields have to offer. West High School sophomore Noah Orr thought the termite lesson was cool, but he was more excited about a previous lesson on engineering, taught by Sean Tavares, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology.
“One of the goals of the program is to expose students to different fields in STEM and the types of research that are happening in those fields,” said Emily Kerr, STEM Discovery Lab coordinator. “Even if it’s not a field in which they are particularly interested, they are seeing connections between different fields and are writing about that in their reflections.”
In the lab, West High School senior Justus Ogunsuyi noted that his interests in STEM have shifted from engineering to biology.
“To be able to see the termites under the microscope is awesome,” he said. “I’m planning to major in biology, and then go to medical school to become a doctor. I like researching, investigating, and answering questions.”
Previous fellowship sessions this year included a look at marine science with UNH Cooperative Extension dean and director Ken La Valley and STEM Docent coordinator Megan Glenn, a workshop on engineering and homeland security with Sean Tavares and James Ramsay, a session on computer science with Mihaela Sabin and a class on library research with Carolyn Gamtso. Tavares, Ramsay, Sabin and Gamtso are all UNHM faculty members. During the spring semester, fellows will begin work on a research project and meet regularly with their UNHM student mentors. The fellows will present their projects at the Undergraduate Research Conference in April.
“One of the things I love about this fellowship program is that it involves high school students, UNHM students and faculty and faculty from West High School,” Kerr said. “There are a lot of great connections being made.”
For students like Serhan, the weekly workshops have resulted in one exciting experience after another. At her microscope, she exclaimed excitedly as she dissected the termite, and then began searching for microorganisms. It was a small moment, but one with a big impact — not unlike trichonympha.
“There are so many questions and so many answers waiting to be found,” Serhan said. “And I want to be part of finding those answers.”
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Donald – “Oh, yeah? Well, I bet you “fire and fury like the world has never seen”…
Kim – “Raise ya one thermonuclear weapon. You move, sucka…”
And so the high-stakes poker game goes on & on, until someone makes a mistake & it isn’t really going to matter who/whom. Maybe it will be North Korea, by sending a missile too close to a US protectorate or ally… or maybe it will be the United States, by using its conventional forces against some North Korean patrol boat or submarine, as a ‘limited provocation’. Or maybe, South Korea will get carried away in one of its never-ending military exercises… or maybe Japan will get tired of having ICBM’s lobbed over its people’s heads…
Somebody is going to screw up, sooner or later. And when that finally happens, a whole lot of people are going to die.
Horribly.
And for what? National pride? Patriotic fervor? World security? Ego-mania?
I think it will be because a bunch of silly little monkeys with delusions of grandeur have gone about as far as they can go as a species.
Kick that ‘Crown Of Creation’ crap into the nearest garbage can – it was entirely self-proclaimed, anyway. Species come and species go, and have for millennia… and survival only goes to the fittest on a temporary basis, at best. Monkeys are no different at all, at all except maybe for having a shorter reign than most.
Silly monkeys playing silly monkey games… like ‘pecking orders’ & ‘Emperors and Empresses’ & ‘Kings and Queens’ & ‘Republicans and Democrats’ & ‘Presidents and First Ladies’.
And ‘War and Peace’…
Especially War & Peace. The greatest monkey game of them all… the best, and inevitably the last.
South Korea… North Korea… Japan… Guam… America…
Turns out that the game of Dominoes was not just a theory, after all.
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Daily updated news, gossip, rumors, pictures, videos and more about Ben Barnes.
38-year-old actor
Ben Barnes is a 38-year-old English actor, best known for his role in Dorian Gray.
Name: Ben Barnes
Full name: Benjamin Thomas Barnes
Occupation: actor
Born: August, 20 1981 in London
Citizenship: England
Selected Filmography
2012: The Words (Brian Klugman & Lee Sternthal): the Young Man
2005 - 2010: The Chronicles of Narnia: voice of Caspian X
2009: Dorian Gray (Oliver Parker): Dorian Gray
2008: Easy Virtue (Stephan Elliott): John Whittaker
2007: Stardust (Matthew Vaughn): Young Dunstan Thorn
2016 - Today: Westworld (TV): Logan
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Highest-Paid Actor in the World
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Split Rumors: Is the 38-year-old Actor Single Again?
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Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2020?
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Did he get married over the weekend?
AMP™, 23-01-2020 | Reports from the Daily News yesterday (January 22, 2020), suggest the 38-year-old actor has secretly got hitched to hist long-term relationship. Sorry ladies, Ben Barnes seems to be off the market.
38-year-old Actor to Be a Dad?
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Did he just Get Engaged?
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‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ named Best Film of All Time
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IRGC releases new video on anniv. of attacks on ISIL positions in Syria
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20 civilians, kids included, martyred in US-led coalition airstrikes
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A new batch of displaced people return to their homes in Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Jan. 14 (MNA) – A new batch of displaced people on Sunday returned via al-Salihiye corridor to their villages and towns to Deir Ezzor which they fled due to the attacks of ISIL.
Around 300 displaced people return to their villages, towns in Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Around 300 displaced people on Sunday returned via al-Salihiye corridor to their villages and towns in Deir Ezzor which they fled due to the attacks of ISIL.
US-led coalition strikes on al-Kishkiah, Deir Ezzor kills 10 civilians
DEIR EZZOR, Jan. 05 (MNA) – Ten civilians, among them children were killed after the US-led coalition shelled al-Kishkiah town in Deir Ezzor , less than 24 hours after its massacre against civilians al-Sha’afa village.
Illegitimate US coalition acknowledges killing 1140 civilians in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (MNA) – The illegitimate coalition led by US acknowledged killing 1140 civilians in raids launched on Syria and Iraq since 2014.
17 civilians killed in US-led intl. coalition’s airstrikes in Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Dec. 17 (MNA) – 17 civilians were martyred in a new massacre committed by the US-led international coalition on Hajin town in Deir Ezzor countryside under the pretext of fighting ISIL terrorist organization.
New US-led coalition strikes leave 8 civilians dead in Hajin, Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Dec. 08 (MNA) –The warplanes of the US-led “international coalition” have bombarded Hajin City, about 110 km southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, claiming the lives of eight civilians and causing big damage to houses
US-led Coalition airstrikes leave tens dead or injured in Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Nov. 27 (MNA) – Tens of civilians were martyred or injured after the US-led international coalition’s warplanes launched new airstrikes on Abu al-Hasan village in southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor under the pretext of fighting ISIL terrorist organization .
Intl. coalition helicopters transport ISIL terrorists from Hasaka
HASAKA, Nov. 14 (MNA) – International coalition helicopters transported ISIL terrorists from Sweidyiah village in the north eastern countryside of Hasaka near Iraqi borders into unknown place.
Over 60 civilians killed, injured by coalition airstrike in Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Nov. 13 (MNA) – Over 60 civilians have been killed or injured by a US-led coalition airstrike on Syria's eastern province of Deir Ezzor, Syrian SANA news agency reported.
Two women, two children killed in new aggression by US-led coalition in Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Nov. 12 (MNA) –The US-led coalition carried out on Saturday a new aggression on the Syrian territories, killing two children and two women in Hajin city in Deir Ezzor province’s eastern countryside.
US-led coalition commits new massacre in town of Hajin
DEIR EZZOR, Nov.10 (MNA) – US-led coalition air strikes against ISIL terrorists in the eastern town of Hajin near the Iraqi border claimed the lives of at least 26 local civilians, including 14 children, AFP reported Friday, citing a UK-based watchdog, the Syrian Observatory for Human rights.
US-led coalition targets Deir Ezzor with internationally-banned bombs
DEIR EZZOR, Nov. 06 (MNA) – The US-led coalition launched a new aggression against residential areas in Deir Ezzor on Monday, claiming the lives of three children.
5 martyred in US-led coalition's new aggression on Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Oct. 29 (MNA) – Five civilians were martyred, two children among them, as a result of the repeated raids of the US-led international coalition on al-Soussa village in al-Boukamal in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.
Mikdad:
Syria never used, not to use chemical weapons
DAMASCUS, Oct. 22 (MNA) – Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Fayssal Mikdad stressed that Syria didn’t have used and won't use chemical weapons and it is adhered to achieving international peace and security despite all threats by terrorist organizations and their backers.
Syria demands intl. investigation into US-led Coalition’s attacks on Deir Ezzor
DAMASCUS, Oct. 21 (MNA) – Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said the heinous crime committed by the illegitimate US-led Coalition in al-Sousa and al-Bubadran villages in Deir Ezzor countryside prove once again its disregard for international law.
62 martyred, dozens injured in US-led coalition airstrikes on Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Oct. 21 (MNA) – At least 62 civilians were martyred in three new massacres committed by the US-led international coalition in the villages of al-Suseh and al-Bubadran in al-Bukmal region in Deir Ezzor southern countryside.
US-led coalition helicopters evacuate ISIL terrorists from Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Oct. 07 (MNA) – Helicopters of the US-led International coalition evacuated a number of of ISIL terrorists from the south-eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.
IRGC Aerospace Force cmdr.:
40 ISIL commanders killed in IRGC missile strikes
TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force said Tue. that in the Monday IRGC attack on ISIL positions in eastern Syria, 40 terrorists, including a top commander, were killed.
IRGC releases aerial photos of missile-hit terrorist camps
TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – The Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released aerial photos of the ISIL-controlled area in Syria, targeted by IRGC missiles and drones in retaliation for an earlier attack on a military parade in the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz.
Russian MoD:
US warplanes attack Hajin in Deir Ezzor with phosphorous bombs
MOSCOW, Sep. 10(MNA) – Russian defense Ministry said on Sunday that US warplanes of the so-called “international coalition” targeted yesterday Hajin town, 110 km to the east of Deir Ezzor city, with a number of the internationally-banned phosphorous bombs.
SARC sends humanitarian convoy to al-Boukamal city in Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Aug. 04 (MNA) – A humanitarian food convoy arrived in al-Boukamal city in the southeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor delivered by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC).
Intl. coalition commits new massacre against civilians in Deir Ezzor
DEIR EZZOR, Jul. 22 (MNA) – The warplanes of the US-led international coalition committed a new massacre against civilians from al-Sousa town in the countryside of al-Bukamal city southeast of Deir Ezzor.
US-led coalition attacks a military position in the countryside of al-Boukamal
DEIR EZZOR, Jun. 18 (MNA) – The US-led International coalition attacked one of the Syrian Arab Army’s positions in the southeast countryside of Deir Ezzor, leaving casualties.
Russian MoD warns of new fabricated chemical provocation in Deir Ezzor
MOSCOW, Jun. 12 (MNA) –The Russian Defense Ministry has revealed that terrorist organizations have brought canisters containing chlorine to the town of Jafra field in Deir Ezzor province to stage another chemical attack and accuse the Syrian army of it.
US jests target Syrian government positions in Deir Ezzor: SANA
TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – The US-led coalition fighter jets have targeted Syrian government bases in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor.
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Fajr Film Festival
38th Fajr Film Festival unveils documentary lineup
TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – The names of ten documentaries selected to vie at the 38th edition of Iran’s Fajr Film Festival have been announced by the documentary selection committee of the festival.
By: Mohammadreza Abbasi
Presser of secretary of 7th Shahr International Film Festival
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – The secretary of 7th Shahr International Film Festival Hashem Mirzakhani held a news conference in Mellat Cineplex on Sunday in the presence of media reporters and correspondents.
By: Marjohn Sheikhi
Abyar’s ‘Night of the Full Moon’ rakes in Iran’s major cinematic awards
TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – The 37th Fajr Film Festival, Iran’s major cinematic event, named winners during a closing ceremony on Mon. evening, with Narges Abyar’s ‘Night of the Full Moon’ winning as many as six main awards.
By: Mohammad Khodabakhsh
Closing ceremony of 37th Fajr Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – The 37th edition of the Fajr Film Festival came to an end on Monday by honoring winners at Tehran’s Milad Tower. Narges Abyar's 'The Night When the Moon Was Full', a true love story, won the Crystal Simorgh for best movie. The film also brought Narges Abyar the Crystal Simorgh for best director.
Rouhani's message to closing ceremony of Fajr Filmfest.;
Iran cinema turns into deeply-rooted tree
TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – President Rouhani said the seventh art is a clear language for transferring human concepts and one of the main tools of cultural growth.
7th day of 37th Fajr Film Festival
TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – The 7th day of the 37th Fajr Film Festival was held on Tuesday at the Mellat Cinema Complex in the north of Tehran.
By: Maryam Kamyab
Day 6 of 37th Fajr Film Festival
TEHRAN, Feb. 05 (MNA) – The ten-day long major cinematic event in the Iranian capital entered its sixth day on Monday. The 37th Fajr Film Festival is screening the best and the newest productions of the Iranian cinema from 1–11 February.
TEHRAN, Feb. 03 (MNA) – The fourth day of the thirty-seventh Fajr Film Festival was held on Saturday at the Mellat Cinema Complex in the north of Tehran. Running for 37 consecutive years, Fajr International Film Festival is Iran’s largest annual film event and the longest running of its kind in the Middle East. It is held on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution every year.
TEHRAN, Feb. 02 (MNA) – The ten-day long major cinematic event in the Iranian capital entered its third day on Friday. The 37th Fajr Film Festival is screening the best and the newest productions of the Iranian cinema from 1–11 February.
By: Mohammad Moheimani
Iran's major cinematic event, Fajr Film Festival, kicks off
TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – Iran's biggest cinematic event, Fajr Film Festival, opened Tuesday evening in Tehran for its 37th run. The event will screen the best and the newest productions of the Iranian cinema from 1–11 February.
By: Majid Asgaripour
37th Fajr Film Festival press conference
TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – Secretary of the 37th Fajr Film Festival Ebrahim Daroughezadeh attended a press conference on Monday, at Mellat Cinematic Complex packed with media representatives and journalists. Fajr Film Festival, as Iran's most credible and anticipated film event, will run for the 37th year from 30 Jan. to 11 Feb. 2019.
24th Razi Medical Science Research Festival
TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – The 24th edition of Razi Medical Science Research Festival was held in Tehran on Mon. Jan. 14 in the presence of First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri.
TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – A press conference was held Thu. for 37th edition of Fajr Film Festival, during which the poster was unveiled and the lineup for competition and non-competition sections was announced. Fajr Film Festival, as Iran's most credible and anticipated film event, will run for the 37th year from 30 Jan. to 11 Feb. 2019.
'Hattrick' to vie at Shanghai Intl. Filmfest.
TEHRAN, May 21 (MNA) – Iranian feature 'Hattrick', directed by Ramtin Lavvafi, will vie at Shanghai International Film Festival.
Oliver Stone raps Macron for joining Trump in calling for N-deal revision
TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Influential American director Oliver Stone at a presser Wed. in Tehran said he could not believe that French President Macron had joined voices with US President Trump on calling for a revision on Iran nuclear deal.
‘The Lost Strait’, ‘Damascus Time’ to go on screen at Berlin Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – Iranian movies ‘The Lost Strait’ and ‘Damascus Time’, directed by Bahram Tavakkoli and Ebrahim Hatamikia, respectively, will be featured at Berlin Film Festival.
36th FIFF closing ceremony in frames
TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – The closing ceremony of the 36th Fajr Film Festival was held at Milad Tower on Sunday.
By: Haghdoust, Asgaripour
Fajr Film Festival on 8th day
TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – The 36th edition of the Fajr Film Festival is on its 8th day, with many cultural and cinematic figures in attendance.
'Damascus Time' fills Zarif's eyes with tears
TEHRAN, Feb. 9 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hailed Ebrahim Hatamikia's movie 'Damascus Time' as a "masterpiece", premiered at the 36th edition Fajr Film Festival.
By: Abbasi, Asgaripour
36th Fajr Filmfest. on 6th day
TEHRAN, Feb. 8 (MNA) – The 36th edition of the Fajr Film Festival is on its 6th day, with many cultural and cinematic figures in attendance.
By: Haghdoust, Askaripour
36th Fajr Film Festival on 3rd day
TEHRAN, Feb. 05 (MNA) – The 36th edition of Fajr Film Festival is underway in Tehran, and on Sunday, the third day of the event was welcomed with screening of films in different theater halls in Tehran and ten capital cities of provinces. At Pardis Cinematic Complex, the cast and crew of the three films debuted posed for photographers and answered the questions of the reporters and critics.
By: Majid Hamed Haghdoust
Press conference for 36th Fajr Film Festival
TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – The presser for the 36th edition of the domestic section of the Fajr Festival of Film was held on Tuesday in Tehran at Mellat Cinematic Complex packed with media representatives and journalists.
Screening brackets for 36th Fajr Film Fest. drawn
TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – The ceremony to draw the brackets of screening for the 36th edition of Fajr Film Festival was held on Wednesday. The event which hosted renowned Iranian directors, actors, and screen-writers was held at Pardis Mellat cinema complex of Tehran.
‘Patio’ to vie at 36th Fajr Filmfest.
TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – Iranian film ‘Patio’ directed by Maryam Bahrololoumi will appear at the 36th edition of International Fajr Film Festival.
‘Retouch’ to vie at AISFF
TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) – The short film ‘Retouch’ directed by Kave Mazaheri will vie as Iran's representative at Asiana International Short Film Festival (AISFF) in November.
‘Under the Smoky Roof’ to go on screen in 10 German cities
TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Iranian feature movie ‘Under the Smoky Roof’, directed by Pouran Derakhshandeh, will go on screen at 10 cities in Germany.
'Bodyguard' nominated for 4 awards at MIFF
TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) – Ebrahim Hatamikia’s feature movie ‘Bodyguard’ has been nominated for the main prize in 4 categories at Madrid International Film Festival.
Horror movies in Intl. Fajr Film Festival
TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) – For the first time in Fajr Film Festival, 6 horror movies will be screened on each night of the 35th edition of the event.
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Animal Behavior/Territoriality
< Animal Behavior
Territoriality is a type of intraspecific or interspecific competition that results from the behavioral exclusion of others from a specific space that is defended as territory. This well-defined behavior is exhibited through songs and calls, intimidation behavior, attack and chase, and marking with scents. This form of defense proves to be very costly for animals. So one is forced to ask, Why do animals take part in such interspecific competition?
In order to understand this question one must take a cost-benefit approach to territoriality. The proximate reasons for such defense vary. For some animals the reason for participating in such elaborate protective behavior is to acquire and protect food sources, nesting sites, mating areas, or to simply attract a mate. The ultimate cause of this behavior may be attributed to the increased probability of survival and reproductive successes. In defending a territory an animal is ultimately securing that it will have an habitat in which to forage for food and to successfully reproduce, thus increasing the animal's overall fitness. This ultimate theory is strengthened when one considers the instances in which territoriality increases; in times of depleted resources the presence of territoriality increases. The presence of territoriality often forces less fit animals to live in sub optimal habitats, thus reducing their reproductive success.
Though territoriality offers immense reproductive and nutritional benefits, it also comes at a cost. Defending territory is not easy. Territoriality cost time and energy and can often interfere with other fundamental activities as parenting, feeding, courting, and mating. For these reasons territoriality may not be seen as a benefit in all animals. Animals must be able to reap the fruits of territoriality, while expending the least amount of energy. For these reasons if resources are abundant and predictable it would be disadvantageous to defend the territory. On the other hand, if resources are scarce and undependable it would be advantageous to exhibit territoriality.
An animal chooses its territory by deciding what part of its home range it would like to defend. In selecting a territory the size and the quality play a crucial role in determining an animals habitat. Territory size generally tends to be no larger than the organism than requires to survive, because with an increase in territory comes an increased in energy expenditure. For some animals the territory size is not the most important aspect of territoriality, but rather the quality of defended territory. The quality is considered to be fundamentally important due to amount of food availability and superior nesting sights. Animals depend on these features to ensure their superior fitness.
Animals invest a lot of time and energy in defending their territories, and for this reason they fight vigorously to defend their territory at all cost. Researchers suggest for this reason that when a rival challenges a territory holder, the owner almost always wins the contest. This phenomenon could be attributed to an evolutionary stable strategy which assets that rules for behavior is controlled by an inherited proximate mechanism such that the differences between individuals in their strategies are liked to differences in their genes. Territory plays an important role as a mechanism of population regulation, insuring the success of fit animals, and aiding in the eradication of less fit animals. Territorially also plays a fundamental role as an indicator of carrying capacity; it also serves as an indicator of how much habitat is necessary to support viable populations. For these reasons researchers continue to examine the well-developed behavior of territoriality.
Links to Territoriality
Territoriality and Property http://www.umass.edu/preferen/gintis/Evolution%20of%20Private%20Property.pdf
Interspecific Competition http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/competition.html
References Alcock, John. Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach, Seventh Edition. Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2001
SMITH ELEMENTS OF ECOLOGY (SET:TXT/ECOL ACT GDE) (P) Fifth Edition.
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Health and Fitness, Sport
July 15, 2016 Paul White Leave a comment
As former North East football star Paul Gascoigne hits the headlines for all the wrong reasons PAUL WHITE argues that we need less shame and more compassion on mental health
I rarely take note of celebrity gossip these days, but I was saddened by the latest chapter in the Paul Gascoigne saga that unfolded this week.
Gazza is a sporting icon, fallen from grace. A tragic comic, some might say. Others, who only remember the antics, might argue the accuracy of the word “grace”, but not those of us who prefer to remember his skill.
Despite historic bitterness and rivalry between fans of our region’s top flight and Championship football clubs, there are some characters who transcend that and are loved and admired for their sporting skill and achievements, regardless of what team you support.
As a Sunderland season ticket holder, I have no qualms about putting Gazza at the top of that list, alongside Sir Bobby Robson.
Gazza is such a character that it is difficult not to be on his side through all the troubles he has experienced and it was heartening to see the positive side of social media, as people flocked to wish him well after this week’s tabloid tale.
But let’s examine that tabloid tale for a moment.
It’s fair to say that when Celebrity X walks out of a club on the arm of Celebrity Y, in front of a group of paparazzi, or Couple Z (list) are snapped on the beach, it’s planned to get the attention of the media. These things rarely happen by accident. Yes, Gazza and celebrity pals, even the non-celebrity friends, played that game in the day.
When a celeb is snapped in a place that you wouldn’t normally expect to find a tabloid photographer, have a think. Does the celeb come out of this well? Yes? Someone on their “team” probably tipped off the photographer. Does the celeb look a state and come out of it badly? Yes? Someone else did.
It’s fair to say that Gazza was stitched up on this occasion. If not by a professional photographer, then by a “citizen snapper” with a smartphone and an eye for a quick buck at someone else’s expense.
Yes, we can all see how heartbreakingly tragic a situation his life has become over the years. Yes, he undoubtedly went out in a dressing gown (sadly, so many people do these days) and I don’t see any point in disputing that it may have been a trip for booze and fags. I don’t even dispute the fact that it is of public interest that someone who is so loved by the British public has fallen so far.
What needs to be considered is the staging of such “shame” pictures that can do nothing but add to the troubles of Gazza.
Mental health and alcohol issues should be treated far more sensitively in the modern age. Gazza has talked about his problems in the past. Let those words be the lesson learned from the fall of a great footballer and entertainer, not these pics of “sick Gazza” in the street in a dressing gown. Sadly, there are too many people out there ready to leap on such imagery and mock someone when they are down and out.
It’s time to treat mental health more compassionately and not as a sideshow.
www.mind.org.uk
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The American Language
Date: Jun 06 2006
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Immigration has always been a hot topic in the U.S. Recently, the debate has gotten hotter among average citizens and government representatives. One of the key issues in the debate is about language: Should English be the official language of the United States?
Last week, the U.S. Senate voted to make English the national language of the U.S. Listen to Dave and Taylor talk about English as the national language.
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Taylor: You know, Dave, President Bush here in America and the Republican government has been pushing for a bunch of immigration reforms and, ah, simultaneously, they’ve introduced, ah, to now proclaim English as the national language for the United States of America.
Dave: Right, the senate just voted on it to make it the national language, not the “official” language.
Taylor: Right.
Dave: I don’t know that there’s much of a difference there.
Taylor: That means that, ah, all paperwork is, they have no obligation to provide translation services for anybody who doesn’t speak English.
Dave: Right. Yeah, English has always been the dominant language and most people would argue that, “Well, yeah, it is kind of the official language by default.” But, to make it the actual official language is kind of a scary thing because along with that comes a lot of federal policies and federal regulations for education, for example.
Taylor: Mm hm. You know, they’re not all going to suddenly convert to conversing with everybody in English, you know.
Dave: Right. People don’t realize that when immigrants come to the U.S., it’s not the first generation who become assimilated. It’s the second and third generation who become assimilated.
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America is considerably underdeveloped when it comes to language diversity. Fewer than 10% of adults can speak a second language. Many Americans believe that a common language (in this case, English) promotes national unity. Two groups, English First and US English, have been trying to make English the official language of the U.S. for many years.
Multilingualism is common in many countries around the world. India has 18 official languages, with Hindi and English being the most widely spoken.
In Hong Kong, English and Chinese are official languages, and Cantonese is also widely used.
Luxembourg is a trilingual country where French, German and Luxembourgish are the official languages.
Do you think countries should have a single official language? Do you think having a common language promotes unity?
I agree having a single language promotes unity, but if the means learn the offcial language and get rid of your own, then noi wont agree to that.
04:45 PM Oct 13 2008 |
Retaj
in any country i think it should be an official language and a local one,because of the daily life it will be difficult to speak one language all time.
07:16 AM Oct 12 2008 |
dillab90
angel_deguzman
in our country we have more than 170 languages but tagalog is our national language
08:23 PM Sep 28 2008 |
lazygirl321
hi! how to lear english
11:03 AM Aug 31 2008 |
ariunsanaa
I love to learn.
06:03 AM Jun 22 2008 |
nelli44
hiii, i wanna learn the american english online some one help me pls
04:48 PM Apr 28 2008 |
hi, i like the american language so much i really wanna learn it .
sylviaf
American language is nowadyas the best way to communicate to other people ,to understand songs and films…..I just love it
11:33 AM Apr 08 2008 |
nigina
Hi, I an Nigina
hamouda
American English is a trait of national identity.it's the language of buisness &high technology .it's should be maintained as the official language in america.
01:49 PM Mar 27 2008 |
yaris83
what the mater whith you ana, do you need company?
Hi! I'm Ana from Spain. lalalalaaa I'm boring in this moment lalalalaa xD
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I am Ana from Spain and I think English is a very important language. Because where ever you go everybody understands English. I love it!
Yes it sweet , i find this website; it's seems good to learn american Pronunciation with audio courses
americanenglish.freehostia.com
ijishaji
american english is sweet
07:41 AM Mar 11 2008 |
i love American English even though there aren't so many differences between them
11:13 PM Jan 20 2008 |
sharlotta80
Yes,i know there is no big differences between US & UK english. But UK English sounds beautiful too.
05:37 AM Dec 25 2007 |
hadjira
ok there are difference between UK english and USenglish but not big diffrent
but i like it American english
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The 7th Fleet, also known as the Saracens, are a celebrated branch of the Imperial Navy. Nicknamed for their fiery and ambitious leader, Admiral Vanazir Saracen, it achieved most fame for its pacification actions in the Bleak Lands late in YC109 and early YC 110. Following the public disgrace of Admiral Saracen, the fleet was reassigned to Aridia where it continues to patrol.
The 7th Fleet has a history that stretches back to the earliest days of the Reclaiming on Athra, when the Imperial Navy was an archaic ocean-faring force. It had several acclaimed units who served with distinction in the Udorian conquest. They were renowned for fighting on the frontier and securing the rapidly shifting Imperial borders.
Following the conquest of Amarr Prime, the fleet continued mainly as a peace keeping unit, patrolling trade lanes and rooting out criminals, pirates, and heretics. Once the Empire expanded its Reclaiming into space, the 7th Fleet followed suit, transforming from a planetary force into an interstellar one and serving mainly as a complimentary force in the Reclaiming of the Ealur and the Ni-Kunni. They were considered highly effective in snuffing out piracy and crime within its patrol routes, and following the assassination of Emperor Zaragram II, they were instrumental in maintaining the peace, quickly dispersing rioters and malcontents within their domain.
The 7th Fleet was on the forefront of the Minmatar conquest. It scored numerous victories against the minimal Minmatar resistance, while effectively reducing loss of life of potential slave populations. During the Minmatar Rebellion, they served with distinction, suffering fewer casualties than average and assisting heavily with the evacuation of Amarr assets from Republic space.
It only served minimally in the Sansha War, sending several minor detachments for cleanup duty at the end of the war. During this time, they were primarily concerned with protecting the Empire's borders from smugglers, pirates, and terrorists.
The Bleak Lands
By late YC109, the Bleak Lands region had becoming increasingly unstable, with mysterious attacks destroying Imperial assets and driving local Holders into a frenzy. In response, the 7th Fleet rapidly transferred their might to the region. The transfer was unexpected, occurring almost overnight, with little warning from any Imperial authorities.
Basing out of Sahtogas, the fleet initially skirmished with Blood Raiders, drawing support from local Holders. Admiral Saracen stated a goal of fortifying the Bleak Lands so that no system was more than three jumps from a heavily fortified installation. In order to fund the fortifications, Saracen undertook the unusual step of enforcing a tithe on local Holders, a power usually reserved for planetary and regional Viceroys. This move drew some criticism from Holders, but was approved of by most residents of the region.
The fortification was going well, when investigations revealed that the mysterious attacks had not been perpetrated by Blood Raiders as initially assumed. Following a surprise attack on the 7th Fleet during a scheduled communications downtime, it was discovered that the attacks had been carried out by the Defiants terrorist organization, a rogue detachment of the Republic Fleet.
Early conflict between the 7th Fleet and Defiants favored the latter. Defiants successfully destroyed installations in Haras and compromised the region-wide defense network, though they reportedly suffered high casualties as a result. Outside observers believed the 7th Fleet had been caught off guard and severely underestimated the capabilities of the Defiants.
Despite the destruction of their defensive cortex, the 7th Fleet maintained an aggressive posture, thanks partly to loyalist capsuleer forces serving as guards for military complexes. Thanks to the efforts of cloaked scouts, they were able to ambush the Defiants during a resupply mission in Kurniainen, destroying two capital ships, one battleship, eight cruisers, and four frigate class hulls.
The victory was short lived, however, as the Defiants mounted a massive counter offensive. In several coordinated strikes, the Defiants destroyed eight key military installations throughout the Sasen constellation.
The 7th Fleet quickly recovered, thanks in part to their capsuleer allies, and stepped up their assaults on the Defiants. It seemed they would wind up the victors, when Admiral Saracen was suddenly recalled to the Throne Worlds on the order of Chamberlain Karsoth. Reports soon emerged that the fleet had clashed with local Holders, some of them turning violent. Saracen additionally had apparently been acting independently from Imperial Navy orders.
Saracen was soon accused of treason by Chamberlain Karsoth and stripped of all rank and titles. Evidence was released that stated the Admiral planned to establish the Bleak Lands as a personal fief or even secede from the Empire entirely. Leaderless and in disarray, the 7th Fleet essentially stood down, remaining passively in the Bleak Lands for further orders.
Shortly after, the remnants of the 7th Fleet was transferred to Aridia to defend against possible Serpentis incursions. The Fleet was bolstered with the remnants of the Kador Family fleet, following the latter's confiscation by Empress Jamyl I.
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13 Reasons Why: Season 2 starts mental health debate
By Iain Alexander / 19 May 2018
The issue of mental health has taken centre stage following the release of the highly anticipated 2nd season of Netflix series 13 Reasons Why.
With the new series touching on many difficult subjects including sexual assault, mental illness, and suicide, organizations are putting together toolkits and advice for parents and teens to help them understand the content of the show - and also provide guidelines for people so that they can identify individuals who could be at risk of mental health related issues.
Netflix had been criticized when the first season came out as many felt there was a lack of information available to viewers to help them with some of the difficult topics portrayed in the show.
After the launch of 13 Reasons Why, a number of studies revealed a large increase in search volume on Google for terms such as “how to commit suicide” and organizations including the American Medical Association reported a significant rise in patient volume.
Today, the show shared a website with a variety of resources and phone numbers for different organizations to call. A PSA was also released from the cast of the series addressing the subjects of season 2.
13 Reasons Why: Season 2 PSA
“This series may not be right for you or you may want to watch it with a trusted adult.” - Alisha Boe
With the topic of mental health being discussed more openly in the entertainment industry, a number of Hollywood actors have come out publicly and talked about it including Dwayne Johnson, who recently revealed his battle with depression. These difficult subjects are being addressed in the movies and shows such as 13 Reasons Why to inform people about the risks and encourage a debate so others may find help and support.
13 Reasons Why stars Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Brandon Flynn, Justin Prentice and Christian Navarro and is produced by Brian Yorkey. Selena Gomez serves as an executive producer.
To access mental health hotlines and resources in your state, check out the phone numbers and listed organizations here for further information.
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So How Much Do You Really Need to Save for Retirement?
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Do you have to aim for $1 million? More than a million?
By Doug Whiteman, MoneyWise
That nice round sum of $1 million has long been seen as the magic number for retirement saving. It's a goal that's easy enough to remember and focus on, and it's big enough to guarantee anyone a comfortable retirement. Right?
Well, maybe not. Then again, maybe you could get by with far less. So how much do need to save for retirement? Let's take a look.
$1 million may not be enough
That $1 million benchmark came from a different era, when life expectancies were shorter and pensions were still a thing. Are there employers who even offer pensions anymore?
Plus, $1 million ain't what it used to be, and it will be worth even less for tomorrow's retirees.
Mark Avallone, president of Potomac Wealth Advisors and author of Countdown to Financial Freedom, told CNBC a 67-year-old could retire today with $1 million and enjoy a $40,000 annual income by withdrawing 4% a year.
But a 42-year-old aiming for $1 million by age 67 could count on just $19,000 a year in retirement, thanks to inflation. A 32-year-old millennial who wants to retire at 67 with $1 million would live below the poverty level.
The 4% rule
So if the save-a-million advice no longer cuts it, how about other longstanding bits of retirement saving advice?
We've already touched on the 4% rule — the idea that you need to have enough money set aside so you could live on 4% withdrawals each year.
Inflation makes this a complicated equation, plus it's based on the notion that retirement savings should sustain you for at least 30 years. That's no good if you:
Want to retire early.
Plan to keep working into your 70s.
Think a long life is unrealistic for you.
And not to be a buzzkill or anything, but the average U.S. life expectancy is 78.6 years.
The 'multiply by 25' rule
There's also something called the multiply by 25 rule, which is sort of the flip side of the 4% rule. You think about how much annual income you'd like to have in retirement, then multiply it by 25. That's how much you should save!
So if you'd want to live on $60,000 a year in retirement, you'd need to have $1.5 million socked away. If you might get by on $35,000 a year, you'd have to save $875,000.
A big flaw with both this rule and the 4% rule is that they don't take into account your other sources of retirement money, like Social Security.
Plus, they ignore how pretty darn hard it is for a younger person to know how much monthly income will be enough to survive on decades from now.
The struggle to save
Maybe it's no wonder a recent survey from the online investment manager Wealthsimple found that while the overwhelming majority of millennials are saving, 40% still picked money as their biggest source of stress.
Also, only about a third (35%) of millennials said they're saving beyond employer retirement plans, like 401(k)s.
It'll take more than that to reach $1 million or more, if that's the goal. But most of us are a long way off.
A 2016 study from the Economic Policy Institute found the average U.S. household had less than $96,000 in retirement savings. Families close to retirement — in their late 50s and early 60s — had about $164,000 put away.
And that's the average. The Government Accountability Office says half of American households 55 and older have no retirement savings. Nothing. Zero. Nada.
Answering the big question
So maybe this is the best answer to the "How much should I save for retirement?" question: SAVE SOMETHING!
Save whatever you can, invest the money so it will grow, and don't allow yourself to wind up with a goose egg instead of a nest egg. There's a ton of free or low-cost resources to get you going.
There's no good, standard savings goal everyone should shoot for, so don't worry about whether $1 million or $2 million will be enough.
And don't do anything crazy either.
In the Wealthsimple survey, 26% of millennials said they were so eager to retire by age 50 that they would give up sex for a year. And, 40% said they'd stay off social media for a year.
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First Mining Finance Announces Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment for its Springpole Gold Project
Estimated after-tax NPV5% of US$792 million and 26.2% IRR for the Springpole Gold Project at base case long-term precious metal prices
Vancouver, British Columbia – First Mining Finance Corp. (“First Mining” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the positive results of an independent Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) for its Springpole Gold Project (the “Project”) in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The PEA was prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) by SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. of Vancouver, Canada. The PEA describes the potential technical and economic viability of establishing a conventional open-pit gold mine-and-mill complex for the Project. The base case scenario utilizes long-term metal prices of $1,300 per ounce (“oz”) of gold (“Au”) and $20 per oz of silver (“Ag”).
The PEA was prepared on a 100% ownership basis and all amounts in this news release are stated in U.S. dollars (“USD”) unless otherwise noted.
Highlights of the PEA are as follows:
Initial capital expenditure of $586 million and sustaining capital expenditures of $117 million for total estimated capital expenditures of $703 million over the projected 12-year mine life (LOM). In addition, closure and reclamation costs are estimated at $20 million.
Pre-tax Net Present Value (“NPV”) at a 5% discount rate of $1.159 billion calculated at the beginning of the two-year construction period and a pre-tax Internal Rate of Return (“IRR”) of 32.3% for the base case.
After-tax NPV at a 5% discount rate of $792 million and after-tax IRR of 26.2% for the base case.
Estimated payback of initial capital in 3.5 years from the commencement of commercial production.
Estimated 12-year LOM operation supporting a 36,000 tonne-per-day (“tpd”) process plant that includes crushing, grinding, carbon-in-pulp leaching as well as gold recovery via activated carbon to produce doré bullion.
LOM strip ratio of 2.1 to 1.
Average annual payable production projected to be 296,500 oz Au and 1,632,000 oz Ag for LOM with average production for the nine years at full capacity of 357,100 oz Au and 2,038,800 oz Ag per annum.
Estimated cash costs of $619/oz gold equivalent (“AuEq”) (cash costs include on-site mining, processing and G&A costs, treatment and refining charges and royalties).
“All-in” cash costs (in addition to cash costs including initial/sustaining capital and mine closure) estimated at $806/oz of AuEq.
Recommends moving forward with a pre-feasibility study.
The Company is working towards the filling of an Environmental Assessment in Q1 2018.
“This updated PEA study represents a significant improvement in both economics and annual and total ounces of gold and silver produced when compared with the previous PEA completed for Gold Canyon in 2013. The PEA demonstrates that the Project has excellent margins with low cash costs of US$619 per ounce of gold equivalent and an average annual payable production of 322,000 ounces of gold equivalent, over the life of mine. On that basis, once in production as contemplated by the PEA, Springpole would be one of the largest gold mines in North America,” said Keith Neumeyer, First Mining’s Chairman.
Readers are cautioned that the PEA is preliminary in nature, it includes inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves, and there is no certainty that the PEA will be realized. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
Preliminary Economic Assessment – Project Economics:
The results of a discounted cash flow analysis for the Project are presented in Tables 1 and 2 below. NPV, IRR and payback values are estimated for both pre-tax and post-tax scenarios. The base case scenario utilizes the long-term metal prices outlined in Table 3 and a discount rate of 5%. IRR and NPV values are calculated at gold and silver prices of $1,300 and $20 per oz, respectively.
Table 1 – Pre-tax discounted cash flow estimates for varying gold prices
Pre-Tax NPV*
($M) Gold Price ($/oz)
1,000 1,150 Base Case
1,300 1,450 1,600
Discount Rates 3% 592 1,000 1,409 1,817 2,226
Base Case 5% 457 808 1,159 1,510 1,861
8% 297 580 863 1,145 1,429
IRR % 18.1 25.7 32.3 38.2 43.6
Payback (production) Years 4.3 3.6 3.2 2.8 2.5
* Assumes base case metals prices of $1,300/oz gold and $20/oz silver and discount rate of NPV 5%
Table 2 – After-tax discounted cash flow estimates for varying gold prices
Post-Tax NPV*
1,000 1,150 Base Case 1,300 1,450 1,600
Discount Rates 3% 394 686 977 1,268 1,558
Base Case 5% 290 541 792 1,042 1,292
8% 168 370 572 774 975
*Assumes base case metals prices of $1,300/oz gold and $20/oz silver, and a discount rate of NPV 5%.
The PEA is based on a conventional truck-and-shovel, open-pit mine design at a single pit with milling, crushing, grinding, carbon-in-pulp leaching. Gold recovery is via an activated carbon process to produce doré bullion bars. Based on the preliminary metallurgical work undertaken for the Project, the average recoveries are projected to be 80% for gold and 85% for silver. The mineralized material at the Project will be processed through conventional milling and processing for an estimated LOM of 12 years. Total processing is based on a 36,000 tpd operation. Key parameters and assumptions used in the PEA study are discussed below and summarized in Tables 3 through 5.
Table 3 – Mining rates and volumes of mined material
Type of Mining Total Years Avg. Tonnes/year (000’s) Avg. Tonnes/day Total Tonnes (000’s)
Open-pit mineralized material (Yrs 0 – 11) 11 13,764 37,711 151,408
Open-pit waste (Yrs 0 – 11) 11 29,000 79,453 319,002
Total material mined 470,411
Average strip ratio for the life of mine 2.1
Table 4 – Projected metal production
Metal Total Payable Production Avg. Annual Production Life of Mine
oz (000’s) oz (000’s)
Gold 3,558 297
Silver 19,583 1,632
Table 5 – Base case head grades, recoveries, metal prices, and other data
Head Grades
Gold (g/t) 1.00
Silver (g/t) 5.28
Metal Recoveries
Gold (%) 80.0
Silver (%) 85.0
Payable Gold (%) 99.5
Payable Silver (%) 98.0
Gold ($/oz) 1,300
Silver ($/oz) 20
Life of mine (years) 12
Fuel price ($/l) 0.78
Electrical power ($/kWh) 0.08
Exchange rate (CAD/USD) 0.75
Capital Costs
Mining capital costs, as detailed in Table 6, were estimated on the basis of a detailed equipment schedule matched to the mining production schedule. Total mining equipment capital costs were estimated at $193 million for the life of the Project inclusive of a 10% contingency and a 5% spares allowance.
Processing capital costs for mill and plant infrastructure were estimated to be $252 million inclusive of a $30 million contingency. No major plant rebuild or expansion is considered in the evaluated production scenario. No specific allowance for sustaining capital has been made and the PEA assumes that the ongoing operating maintenance cost is sufficient to maintain the equipment in operating condition. No allowance for salvage value was made.
Table 6 – Capital estimate summary
Initial Capital Estimate ($M)
Pre-production Capital Cost 7
Open Pit Mining 143
Dike and Lake Dewatering 32
Process Plant 252
Tailings Management Facility 27
Water Management 13
Initial Development Capital 586
Sustaining Capital Estimate ($M)
Open Pit Mining 50
Total Sustaining Capital 117
Total Capital Expenditure for Life of Mine ($M) 703
Closure Costs 20
Total Capital Costs ($M) 723
Rounding may result in apparent summation differences.
Operating Costs
The PEA estimates that the Project can produce approximately 296,500 ounces of payable gold per year and approximately 1,632,000 ounces of payable silver per year at an estimated total cash cost of $619/oz gold equivalent over the estimated 12 year LOM. Maintenance, parts and repairs are estimated based on industry standard factors for these costs. Mining costs are estimated at $1.60 per tonne of material mined, at a strip ratio of 2.1 which equates to $5.30 per tonne of material processed. Details of the estimated operating costs, and other charges, are presented in Tables 7 and 8 below.
Table 7 – Operating costs per tonne processed
Item $/tonne processed
Mining 5.3
Processing 7.5
General and Administrative 1.8
Tailings Handling 1.5
Total On-site Operating Costs 16.0
Table 8 – Treatment and refining charges and royalties
Item Units
Royalty Rate % 3.0
Gold Refining Cost Estimate $/oz 5.0
Payable Gold Assumption % 99.5
Payable Silver Assumption % 98.0
A 60 km long by 23 m wide right-of-way will need to be cleared, grubbed and prepared for the installation of a 115 kV wood pole transmission line using 636,000 mils conductor. The proposed right-of-way would start from Highway 105 near Ear Falls and travel a further 90 km alongside the existing Hydro One corridor overland where it would connect to and follow the access corridor road to the project site.
A 12 m wide, two-lane unpaved, 39 km access corridor road would extend from the Springpole deposit along the Birch River before it connects up with the planned Wenasaga Road. Other road options are also being considered.
Springpole Lake Dewatering
As seen in Figure 1 below, three dewatering dikes with a total length of approximately 510 metres will need to be constructed in Springpole Lake to allow a small portion of the lake to be dewatered. It is estimated that only approximately 6.1% of the surface area of the lake will be affected. The depth of the lake at the point where the dikes are proposed to be constructed ranges from 1.2 to 5.1 metres and the height of the dikes will need to be 3 metres above the lake level. The dikes would be constructed under wet conditions; therefore, two silt entrapment curtains will need to be deployed downstream of the dike locations to prevent high suspended solids in the remainder of the lake. Prior to the placement of fill material, the foundation of the dam will need to be dredged to remove any soft lakebed sediments. The rock fill material would be placed, and then the grout curtain and plastic concrete cut-off wall would be built through the completed dike.
Figure 1 – Overall Springpole Site Plan
An estimated 21.7 million cubic metres of water will have to be removed from the area of Springpole Lake within the dewatering dikes. The PEA estimates it will take approximately 1 year to pump this water over the dikes. This can be accomplished during the mill construction phase.
The capital cost of construction of the dikes and dewatering is estimated by the PEA to be $32 million which is included in the total capital cost of the Project.
The mineral resource estimate set out in Table 9 below and which formed the basis of the PEA, was completed by Dr. Gilles Arseneau, P.Geo (APEGBC #23474), an independent “qualified person” as defined in NI 43-101. The effective date of this resource estimate is March 17, 2017. The mineral resource estimate prepared by SRK considers diamond drill holes drilled by different operators during the period 2003 to 2016. The majority of the drilling has been completed by the Project’s previous owner, Gold Canyon Resources Inc. (“Gold Canyon”). The mineral resource for the Springpole Project is supported by 644 core boreholes drilled by Gold Canyon. The geological and assay databases have been reviewed and audited by SRK. Dr. Arseneau is of the opinion that the current drilling information is sufficiently reliable to interpret with confidence the boundaries of the pit-shell and that the assay data is sufficiently reliable to support the mineral resource estimation.
Differences between the previously reported mineral resource estimate (as reported in the Technical Report dated October 17, 2012) are primarily related to the addition of drill holes completed by Gold Canyon in late 2012 and early 2013 as well as the four drill holes completed by First Mining in 2016 for metallurgical test purposes. The Gold Canyon drilling specifically targeted Inferred category material with the result that over 95% of the contained gold in the resource is now classified as Indicated and First Mining anticipates no further need for drilling to convert the remaining Inferred resources in preparation for a Pre-feasibility level assessment.
Additional information about the resource modeling methodology will be documented in the upcoming NI 43-101 technical report for the PEA.
Table 9 – Resource estimate for the Springpole Project
Category Quantity Mt Grade
Au (g/t) Grade
Ag (g/t) Contained Metal
Au (Moz) Contained Metal
Ag (Moz)
Indicated 139.1 1.04 5.4 4.67 24.19
Inferred 11.4 0.63 3.1 0.23 1.12
These resource estimates have been prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and the 2014 CIM Definition Standards. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. See cautionary notes at the end of this news release.
Open pit mineral resources are reported at a cut-off grade of 0.4 g/t gold. Cut-off grades are based on a gold price of $1,400/oz and a gold processing recovery of 80% and a silver price of $15/oz and a silver processing recovery of 60%.
Appropriate mining costs, processing costs, metal recoveries and inter ramp pit slope angles were used to generate the pit design.
The estimated life of mine strip ratio for the resource estimate is 2.1.
Rounding may result in apparent summation differences between tonnes, grade and contained metal content.
Tonnage and grade measurements are in metric units. Contained gold and silver ounces are in troy ounces.
All composites have been capped where appropriate.
Project Sensitivities
Project cash flow is highly sensitive to changes in the price of gold and silver as indicated in the vertical axis in Table 10 below. The Project is also sensitive to variations in capital and operating costs as indicated in the horizontal axis in Table 10. This table shows the effect of increasing or decreasing the price of gold and silver and capital expenditure and operating expenditure estimates for the Project by ±45%.
Table 10 – Project NPV sensitivity to variations in the price of gold and silver and capital & operating expenditures on a Post-Tax basis
Total Project Operating and Capital Costs ($M)
Net Present Value @ 5% ($M) 1,619 2,061 2,503 2,944 3,386 3,828 4,269
-45% -30% -15% 0% 15% 30% 45%
LOM Revenue ($M) 2,667 -45% 498 241 -22 -316 -624 -931 -1,239
3,394 -30% 851 596 341 83 -179 -462 -770
4,122 -15% 1,203 948 694 439 183 -76 -337
4,849 0% 1,554 1,300 1,046 792 537 282 24
5,576 15% 1,906 1,652 1,398 1,143 889 635 380
6,304 30% 2,258 2,004 1,750 1,495 1,241 987 732
7,031 45% 2,610 2,356 2,101 1,847 1,593 1,339 1,084
Risks and Opportunities
As with all mining ventures, a large number of risks and opportunities can affect the outcome of the Project. Most of these risks and opportunities are based on uncertainty, such as lack of scientific information (test results, drill results, etc.) or the lack of control over external factors (metal prices, exchange rates, etc.).
Subsequent higher-level engineering studies would be required to further refine these risks and opportunities, identify new risks and opportunities, and define strategies for risk mitigation or opportunity implementation.
The PEA identified a number of principal risks for the Project which are summarized below:
Geological interpretation and mineral resource classification (13% of the resources used in the mine plan are Inferred);
Due to a relatively small number of metallurgical samples tested, larger variations in mineralogy and metal recovery may exist than have been observed to date;
Geotechnical and hydrogeological considerations;
No information on baseline groundwater quality;
No physical characterization of the tailings material has been done;
No waste rock characterization has been done;
Construction management and cost containment during development of the Project;
High exposure to potential escalation of costs associated with latent ground conditions due to need for dewatering dykes and large, shallow tailings management facility;
Given that most of the Portage Zone, which contains the majority of the ounces at the Project, lies under a small portion of Springpole Lake, the permitting period associated with the Project could be longer than assumed in the PEA study;
Increased operating cost and/or capital cost; and
Reduced metal prices.
The PEA also identified a number of opportunities to improve the economics of the Project. Areas that will be investigated to further enhance the Project include:
More refined pit optimization parameters could result in better optimized open pit limits than the pit shell selected for the PEA;
Better hydrogeological and geotechnical understanding may increase pit slope angles over those used in the PEA;
There are other geophysical targets around the current resource, particularly to the southwest of the current resource. Additional drilling has the potential to add resources;
Investigations may reveal that sufficient quantities of low permeability material for dam core construction may be available on-site and bedrock may be located at a shallower depth than assumed in the cost estimate;
Lake dewatering could occur at a faster rate if the water was discharged into several different surrounding water bodies;
Further metallurgical testing and refining milling processes may result in improved recoveries;
The potential to upgrade the mineral resource classification of the deposit; and
Improved metal prices.
Qualified Persons and NI 43-101 Technical Report
The PEA for the Project summarized here was completed by SRK (contributors listed in Table 11 below), and will be incorporated in an NI 43-101 technical report which will be available under the Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, and on the Company's website, within 45 days of this news release.
Table 11 – PEA Contributors
Qualified Person Scope of Responsibility
Dr. Gilles Arseneau, PGeo
Associate Consultant Geology
Dr. Adrian Dance, PEng
Principal Consultant Metallurgy
Victor Munoz, PEng
Senior Consultant Water Resources
Grant Carlson, PEng
Senior Consultant Mining, Infrastructure
Bruce Murphy, FSAIMM
Principal Consultant Geotechnical
Michael Royle, PGeo
Principal Consultant Hydrogeology
Dr. Maritz Rykaart, PEng
Principal Consultant Tailings Management
Mark Liskowich, PGeo
Principal Consultant Environmental
Readers are cautioned that the PEA is preliminary in nature and includes the use of Inferred resources, which are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. Mineral resources do not have demonstrated economic viability and future in-fill drilling and scoping, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies will determine what percentage of the inferred resource can be placed into the mineable category. Thus, there is no certainty that the production profile concluded in the PEA will be realized. Actual results may vary, perhaps materially. The Company is not aware of any environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing or other issue which may materially affect this estimate of mineral resources. The projections, forecasts and estimates presented in the PEA constitute forward-looking statements and readers are urged not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Additional cautionary and forward-looking statement information is detailed at the end of this news release.
Dr. Chris Osterman, P.Geo., CEO of First Mining, is the “qualified person” for the purposes of NI 43-101, and he has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical disclosure contained in this news release.
ABOUT FIRST MINING FINANCE CORP.
First Mining is a mineral property holding company whose principal business activity is to acquire high quality mineral assets with a focus in the Americas. The Company currently holds a portfolio of 25 mineral assets in Canada, Mexico and the United States with a focus on gold. Ultimately, the goal is to continue to increase its portfolio of mineral assets through acquisitions that are expected to be comprised of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc and nickel.
ON BEHALF OF FIRST MINING FINANCE CORP.
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Ultimate: My image file browser
Post subject: Ultimate: My image file browser
I recently have been working with my EFI image files and was reaching around for various utilities. I found myself wanting a single utility. Therefore over the past week or so, I (quickly) drew up a single utility.
It will open and let you view/edit/modify a single image file with multiple partitions with various file systems.
If you wish, have a look at http://www.fysnet.net/ultimate/index.htm.
It is not really ready for release yet, it needs a lot of work, but I do need testing. Once I finish it, along with lots of tests to make sure it is okay, I will release it for all to use.
I mention it here only for feedback and if you wish to test it for me. As for the feedback, I am looking for extra capabilities. What do you wish you could do to an image file in this aspect?
It is only for Windows (sorry to those who use Linux, I don't have a Linux box), and use WinXP though I quickly tested it on later versions of windows and it seemed to work fine.
It is a single file, easy to install and delete. Using the Windows GUI, execute it and open an existing image file (EFI GPT, MBR, EMBR, FAT, LEAN, ISO, others). It can be a single partitioned image, a multi-partitioned image using MBR, eMBR, or GPT, or an ISO image.
Again, please note that it is not complete, nor working 100% to my expectations. However, since it only reads from a single file, and you can easily mark this file as read-only via the app, it can only damage (though not intended) a single file. This is why we have backups, right?
I do need to mention that it is in really early stages of release, so please use at your own risk. Also, there isn't any documentation yet, though it is really self explanatory.
If you find that it causes an error, crash, or whatever on a specific image file, I would appreciate an email, private message, or a reply in this thread on where I can get that image so that I may produce the same error.
- http://www.fysnet.net/osdesign_book_series.htm
Post subject: Re: Ultimate: My image file browser
Just a follow-up. I have done quite a bit of work on this project and it is now (somewhat) usable.
It still needs some work in some areas, but it should help you with your image files.
Again, it is only Windows (sorry to those *nix users), but seams to work well on WinXP and Win 8.1 (I only have those two versions on active machines).
Please let me know if you find anything in error or wish a feature to be added.
I hope it helps with your OS development.
- http://www.fysnet.net/ultimate/index.htm
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http://www.fysnet.net/fysos_embr.htm
since 01Jan1980
since the Epoch date
Is it 1980 or 1970? Your specification says 1980, but commonly used Unix Epoch time starts from 1970.
I chose 1980. Back when I chose that date, I was investigating the internals of DOS, which uses/used 1980. It was a few years later that I noticed Linux and others used 1970. The 1980 stuck.
It really doesn't matter once you know how many seconds there are between 1 Jan 1970 and 1 Jan 1980. You simply have to add or subtract in your calculation when using ready-made code that uses 1970.
Thanks though for the comment,
Trying to run ultimate.exe in Wine: it crashed. But it is probably bug in Wine, so we can ignore this for now.
Trying to run it in Windows 10: it works.
Opening raw 160 GB image copied from real device. Message box appeared:
Trying to insert too many items.
To keep it under control and incase of invalid entries,
I limit the count of entries to 10240.
Pressed OK button. Then application closed immediately without any message.
I limit the amount of entries in the directory listing in case there is an error in the image's listing. Things like recursion errors; a directory pointing to itself, etc.
I would normally ask that you post or send the image to me so that I can do some tests, but at 160Gig, I think I'll pass.
How about a little more information? When you say raw, does it have a File System already installed? Which one?
It is raw from the system point of view. It means it is just a binary dump from disk with no compression or something like this. I used "dd" program to create 16 files 10 GB each and then copied it using 16 GB USB stick. Then I joined all parts again into one big 160 GB image file. I noticed that your program correctly read MBR partition, I can also mount this image or for example run it under QEMU. It has NTFS and ext4 partitions.
Your program detected also ext4 partition, but it exits too fast to create additional screenshot after clicking OK.
First 512 bytes from disk:
+-----+-------------------------------------------------+------------------+
| Pos | Data | ASCII |
| 000 | eb 63 90 d0 bc 00 7c 8e c0 8e d8 be 00 7c bf 00 | c | | |
| 010 | 06 b9 00 02 fc f3 a4 50 68 1c 06 cb fb b9 04 00 | Ph |
| 020 | bd be 07 80 7e 00 00 7c 0b 0f 85 0e 01 83 c5 10 | ~ | |
| 030 | e2 f1 cd 18 88 56 00 55 c6 46 11 05 c6 46 10 00 | V U F F |
| 040 | b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 5d 72 0f 81 fb 55 aa 75 09 | A U ]r U u |
| 050 | f7 c1 01 00 74 03 fe 46 10 66 00 80 01 00 00 00 | t F f |
| 060 | 00 00 00 00 ff fa 90 90 f6 c2 80 74 05 f6 c2 70 | t p |
| 070 | 74 02 b2 80 ea 79 7c 00 00 31 c0 8e d8 8e d0 bc | t y| 1 |
| 080 | 00 20 fb a0 64 7c 3c ff 74 02 88 c2 52 be 05 7c | d|< t R | |
| 090 | b4 41 bb aa 55 cd 13 5a 52 72 3d 81 fb 55 aa 75 | A U ZRr= U u |
| 0a0 | 37 83 e1 01 74 32 31 c0 89 44 04 40 88 44 ff 89 | 7 t21 D @ D |
| 0b0 | 44 02 c7 04 10 00 66 8b 1e 5c 7c 66 89 5c 08 66 | D f \|f \ f |
| 0c0 | 8b 1e 60 7c 66 89 5c 0c c7 44 06 00 70 b4 42 cd | `|f \ D p B |
| 0d0 | 13 72 05 bb 00 70 eb 76 b4 08 cd 13 73 0d 5a 84 | r p v s Z |
| 0e0 | d2 0f 83 de 00 be 85 7d e9 82 00 66 0f b6 c6 88 | } f |
| 0f0 | 64 ff 40 66 89 44 04 0f b6 d1 c1 e2 02 88 e8 88 | d @f D |
| 100 | f4 40 89 44 08 0f b6 c2 c0 e8 02 66 89 04 66 a1 | @ D f f |
| 110 | 60 7c 66 09 c0 75 4e 66 a1 5c 7c 66 31 d2 66 f7 | `|f uNf \|f1 f |
| 120 | 34 88 d1 31 d2 66 f7 74 04 3b 44 08 7d 37 fe c1 | 4 1 f t ;D }7 |
| 130 | 88 c5 30 c0 c1 e8 02 08 c1 88 d0 5a 88 c6 bb 00 | 0 Z |
| 140 | 70 8e c3 31 db b8 01 02 cd 13 72 1e 8c c3 60 1e | p 1 r ` |
| 150 | b9 00 01 8e db 31 f6 bf 00 80 8e c6 fc f3 a5 1f | 1 |
| 160 | 61 ff 26 5a 7c be 80 7d eb 03 be 8f 7d e8 34 00 | a &Z| } } 4 |
| 170 | be 94 7d e8 2e 00 cd 18 eb fe 47 52 55 42 20 00 | } . GRUB |
| 180 | 47 65 6f 6d 00 48 61 72 64 20 44 69 73 6b 00 52 | Geom Hard Disk R |
| 190 | 65 61 64 00 20 45 72 72 6f 72 0d 0a 00 bb 01 00 | ead Error |
| 1a0 | b4 0e cd 10 ac 3c 00 75 f4 c3 00 00 00 00 00 00 | < u |
| 1b0 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4d 20 b5 62 00 00 80 20 | M b |
| 1c0 | 21 00 07 dd 1e 3f 00 08 00 00 00 a0 0f 00 00 dd | ! ? |
| 1d0 | 1f 3f 07 fe ff ff 00 a8 0f 00 00 00 00 0a 00 fe | ? |
| 1e0 | ff ff 83 fe ff ff 00 a8 0f 0a 00 e8 51 08 00 fe | Q |
| 1f0 | ff ff 82 fe ff ff 00 98 61 12 00 00 40 00 55 aa | a @ U |
Thank you for those screen shots. You have version 00.35.00 probably, or maybe even before that. I made a modification to the NTFS code last night and made it version 00.35.10. I think this modification fixes the issue you are seeing. I had the same issue before that.
It also fixes the displaying of the Record Size. Notice that the display of your record size is 246/10076x. The record size for the app is correct, it was just displaying it wrong.
I am still working on the NTFS stuff. I am wondering if there is an issue with memory. For example, I read in the whole MFT. The largest image I have used so far requires 70+ Meg of RAM to do this. Your 160gig might require a bit more. I think I need to re-write it so that I only read in so many clusters of the MFT and keep (somewhat of) a cache of the MFT instead of all of it. It will slow it down slightly, but it only has to read it once.
Watch for a new version within the next few days.
Thanks again for your help,
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Lucifer: Save Lucifer
May 12, 2019 1:16 PM - Season 4, Episode 9 - Subscribe
Lucifer's so-called epiphany has Chloe worried, but it's his physical transformation that's really freaking her out, Also, Maze gives Eve a pep talk.
*While showing a house to prospective buyer, real estate agent, Beth Murphy, finds her sister Moira standing over the body of her murdered twin sister Megan.
*Lucifer arrives at the precinct and cheerfully tells Chloe that he's sure that all his problems will magically disappear now that he's had his epiphany about hating himself, but is dismayed when Ella notices a patch of his hand has gone devil-gnarly.
*Eve is weepily heartbroken over getting dumped by Lucifer, and Maze is ready punish him for her, but Eve just wants to get him back. Maze has some ideas.
*At the crime scene, Ella gets to check a "Stop! Hammer Time!" joke off her bucket list when explaining the cause of death. Maze and Eve arrive and do a sexy motorcycle-helmet-removal hair toss, but Lucifer is too distracted by his hand having gone full devil to give it much notice, as he rushes Chloe inside the house to show her the damage.
*Lucifer goes to Linda and demands she undo his epiphany, but she says he needs to move forwards rather than backwards, and figure out why he hates himself. Also, Linda is having Braxton-Hicks contractions.
*Back at the precinct, Lucifer asks Dan for reasons why he might hate himself. Dan gives him many, the biggest being that it's his fault Charlotte is dead, but Lucifer dismisses them all as excuses rather than reasons. Moira's phone records have revealed that her last call was to her accountant, so Chloe and Lucifer head to the office to question him.
*Maze are at the accountant's already, having bound and gagged him while Eve tries to pick her sexiest pose for Lucifer to arrive at. Maze suggests that Eve date someone to make Lucifer jealous, and Eve muses on picking Dan since Lucifer dislikes him so much, but Maze challenges her to pick someone better and Eve kisses her just as Lucifer and Chloe arrive. The accountant tells Chloe that when Moira called earlier she accused him of being Megan's killer. He says that Megan recently took over the sisters' business finances, and that a few days earlier she had come to the office looking upset and had dropped off a thumb drive, which is now missing. As Eve tries to sell Lucifer on her fake-relationship with Maze, Chloe notices that his devil-skin has crept up the nape of his neck, and covers it up with her (fugly) scarf.
*Linda and Amenadiel discuss baby names, with Amenadiel favoring the old-school angelic (Zoriel, Ezekiel, Azmortiel, but not Michael) and Linda the modern human (Jack). She points out that the baby isn't going to be living in the Silver City, though she's fine with Amenadiel flying him up for visits.
*Lucifer rushes to Chloe's desk, having gone home for a more fashionable scarf to ascot himself with, but finds Eve boring-suited-up Decker style. She tells him that Maze and she captured Moira, who is now being interrogated by Chloe. Moira insists she didn't kill Megan, just found her and fled in a panic when Beth was looking at her like a killer. She didn't know about the thumb drive, but several days earlier she noticed that their account was in overdraft and told her so, but Megan said it was nothing. Chloe notices Lucifer's eyes have gone permanent-devil now too.
*Dan gets into his car and is startled to find Maze lurking in his back seat. He apologizes for his behavior at Lux, but tells he doesn't believe he was wrong about her having feelings for Eve, and urges her to let her know, that he could have had more time with Charlotte if he hadn't held back his feelings, and it's his great regret.
*Confirmation of Megan's time of death makes Moira an unlikely suspect, and the search warrant served on Megan's husband seems to clear him as well. Eve suggests that since the killer must have been the one to steal the thumb drive, they should pretend there was a copy made and use it to flush the killer out.
*Chloe arrives at the penthouse to bring Lucifer down to the Lux thumb-drive-decoy-sting-party, and finds that he's gone full devil-face. He despairs that the prophecy must be coming true, but Chloe tells him she's getting Kinley moved into their holding cell so they can talk to him together about averting it, and she gives him a masque to wear for the sting-party. At the party, Eve figures Lucifer must be ready to take her back, but he shows her what's behind the mask. He asks her why she doesn't hate him, and when she says it's because she loves him, he says she shouldn't. Maze makes her grand gesture of serenading Eve with "Wonderwall" but Eve completely misses the point and just thanks her for making her realize she has to make a grand gesture of her own to Lucifer.
*At the precinct, Ella tells Dan she's figured out after reviewing the department's cruiser logs that Dan was the one who went to Tiernan about Lucifer. She tells him she has erased the logs, because she thinks he needs help not punishment, but he storms off.
*The Lux sting-party appears to be a bust, as nobody has approached Moira for the thumb drive. Then Chloe gets a call that something's gone wrong with Kinley's transfer.
*Maze and Eve have kidnapped Kinley, as Eve thinks that if she can get Kinley to convince Lucifer he's wrong about the prophecy Lucifer will take her back.
*Back at Lux, Lucifer's devil-mojo goes out of control, as he and Chloe are besieged by patrons confessing their desires. She hears Beth say she wants the thumb drive, and pulls her into the elevator with Lucifer as they make their escape from the mob.
*Dan goes to Dr. Linda for help. Although he still blames Lucifer, he knows his own behavior has gotten out of control, and Linda points out that he has been punishing himself because he blames himself. Then she asks him to take her to the hospital, as her water has just broken.
*Maze loses patience with Eve - saying that there's no point in her trying to torture Kinley into doing what they want, as he's a fanatic, that sometimes you just have to accept it when someone doesn't love you, and leaves to join Dr. Linda for her labor.
*At the penthouse, Beth gives her confession, that she always felt inferior to the twins, and 'borrowed' money from the business accounts to invest in something that was supposedly a sure thing to prove she wasn't the failure they thought she was, but she lost it all, and when Megan confronted her over it she snapped.
*At the hospital, Dan points Maze to Linda's room, and she joins Amenadiel in holding Linda's hands through the contractions. After the baby is born (no wings yet), Amenadiel suggests naming him Charlie, after Charlotte, and Linda agrees before she drifts off to sleep. Amenadiel puts the baby in his crib while telling him he's going to be safe in the Silver City forever.
*At the penthouse, Lucifer shows Chloe that he's gone full-body-Devil, as now his wings are out and won't go back. He lists the reasons he hates himself, but Chloe points out that while he always said how much he hated being blamed for humanity's sins, he must believe it on some level too, and needs to forgive himself. He says he doesn't know how to, but that he wants to, and in saying it he transforms back to his de-demonized look.
*Eve brainstorm-rambles places that she and Lucifer might be away together at, and Kinley suggests that going to Hell would solve both their problems. Eve isn't sure how she'd convince Lucifer, but as she unstraps Kinley from his bonds, he tries to strangle her, saying that killing her is the only way he feels he can avert the prophecy. Eve manages to stab him in the neck, and tells him that when he gets to Hell he has to deliver the message to the demons to come get their king, and as Lucifer rejoices with Chloe that "it looks like evil won't be released" dead-Kinley's eyes open as his body has now become the vessel to a demon.
posted by oh yeah! (4 comments total)
I got all teary at the Linda-in-labor flanked by Maze & Amenadiel scene. Given the Lucifer writing-staff penchant for cliffhanger finales, I dread how badly things may go for everyone in the next episode, but, it was a beautiful moment.
As a Supernatural fan, I had to laugh at Linda suggesting Jack for a nephilim baby name. Did the writers do that on purpose, or was it just random coincidence. (And, I forget if Archangel Michael has been mentioned before in Lucifer, but apparently I guess he's a dickhead of an angel in this universe too.)
Anyway, another good episode. Onward to the finale.
posted by oh yeah! at 1:25 PM on May 12, 2019 [1 favorite]
AV Club recap - Self-loathing & grand gestures get in the way of Lucifer’s epiphany: "With Lucifer, there comes acceptance—or a long-lasting frustration, if you refuse to accept—that, despite Lucifer’s efforts to change or get better, he’ll always backslide in some way. Pretty much every character knows Lucifer’s patterns, whether it’s getting the wrong lesson from something, self-sabotaging, you know the drill. (It’s the reasoning Maze uses to explain things to Eve, post-break-up, and it backfires.) So despite the self-loathing breakthrough at the end of “Super Bad Boyfriend,” Lucifer’s got a pep in his step when we first see him. Because he believes that the only important part was having the breakthrough and since he’s done it, it’s good now."
posted by oh yeah! at 5:37 AM on May 13, 2019
As a Supernatural fan, I had to laugh at Linda suggesting Jack for a nephilim baby name. Did the writers do that on purpose, or was it just random coincidence.
Castiel was mentioned earlier this season, so I expect not random!
I loved Maze in this episode, both the Maze/Eve stuff (which I was really hoping to happen, partially because I love them both, partially because her song was really lovely), and also how she realized this was going nowhere and went to be with Linda in the (outrageously swanky) hospital after all.
If I'm reading the end of the episode correctly, "evil is released" in the form of something really terrible from hell taking over Father McKinley's body. I confess I'm tickled by the idea that this jackass tried so hard to prevent the prophecy but might wind up instrumental to it, and that the evil being released might be, in some sense, him...
posted by segfault at 10:35 PM on June 4, 2019
Eve cosplaying as Chloe made me laugh out loud, she did such a good job. And then she killed McKinley.
posted by fiercekitten at 5:59 PM on August 29, 2019
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« OUIJA BOARD ZOZO PHENOMENON
GOETIA GIRL ZATANNA ZAGAN OF INTERDIMENSIONAL LUCID DREAM SEXUALITY »
GOETIA GIRL HAAGENTI OF SEXUAL LUCID DREAM ALCHEMY
The Forty-eighth Succubus archetype of the Fallen ‘Anima’ is Haagenti. She is a President, appearing in the visionary form of a mighty Buffalo with Gryphon’s Wings. This is at first, but after, at the command of her conjuring Artist she puts on human shape as a most beautiful woman, wearing horns atop of her head of a crown.
Her office is to make her conjuring Artist wise, and to instruct the Artist in divers things; also to transmute all metals into Gold; and to change wine into water, and water into wine. She governs over 33 Legions of Succubae Art Muses, and her seal is to be meditated upon prior to conjuring her into a lucid dream.
Haagenti is a composite name, which comprises of Haag and Enti. The word Haag in Dutch means den, which can also refer to a cave. However, you also have Hag, which refers to a Witch and hypnagogic trance, where an individual experiences sleep paralysis prior to being visited by a female entity; while Enti in Finnish means fly, which is a reference to an out of body experience.
In ancient times, flies were seen to be the spirits of the departed. You might consider this symbol crunching to be pushing the envelope of believability. But, there are other symbolic formulae of a Haagenti code, which fits together of a jigsaw puzzle.
It is commonly believed that Haagenti manifests as a Bull with the wings of a Gryphon by patriarchal occultists due to their sustained religious indoctrination into the deification of the ‘Animus,’ made as a God/Devil.
However, the symbolism of Haagenti very likely refers to a Lamassu. The Lamassu is a Sumerian protective deity, which was later heavily adopted by the Assyrian’s.
The Lamassu is often represented having a Bull or Lion’s body, as well as to have Eagle’s wings, with a human head. The Lamassu is portrayed as a female deity of an ‘Anima’ archetype.
Whereas a less frequently used name is Shedu, which refers to the male counterpart of the female Lamassu. You could even theorise that Aleister Crowley’s LAM entity is derived from the LAM-assu.
In order to understand what the Lamassu and in turn Haagenti represents you will have to go much further back into time to another locale, where you will find a cave painting in the Lascaux caves, which are located in France, near the village of Montignac in the Vezere Valley.
They became famous when numerous Palaeolithic cave paintings were discovered adorning their walls.
These works of art, portray realistic portrayals of a variety of large animals, which are estimated to be as much as 20,000 years old if not far older.
One of the cave paintings depicts a pregnant female Bison next to which is a bird headed shaman who appears to be falling backwards with his arms spreading out.
The shaman has an erection, which is indicative of erotic trance. Next to the bird headed shaman is a staff topped by a bird head, whose symbolism refers to an out of body experience.
The symbolism of the female Bison is an ancient link to the Lamassu and Haagenti, whose Eagle/Gryphon wings refers to the ecstatic out of body flight of a bird headed shamans (Enti) spirit.
You could conjecture that the bird headed shaman of the Lascaux (Haag) cave is being visited by a (Hag) Succubus whom is the spirit of the female Bison, which is manifesting in human, form within the trance vision of the shaman.
The Hag visitation of the Succubus is initiating the shamans ecstatic (Enti) flight out of his body through her (Vesica Pisces) vaginal stargate. (This will not sound too odd when to look into the shamanic experiences of Dr John C. Lilly, who spoke of accessing inner (vaginal portals) doorways, which allowed him to attain ingress into alternate realities.)
The shaman in question is probably intending to attain the virility, strength and power of a male (Shedu) Bison via his (microcosmic) trance union with the (Lamassu/Haagenti) Bison mother, whom he has made pregnant, whereby facilitating a (macrocosmic) successful hunt, whose hunters were highly versed in observing ensuing (associative) synchronicities, they probably experienced as signs, portents and omens.
Should you consider the above conjecture to be rather strange, all you have to do is to is to remember, White Buffalo Calf Woman (Lakota: Pte Ska Win/Pteskawin/Ptesanwi) who is a sacred woman of supernatural origin. She is central to the Lakota religion as the primary cultural prophet. Oral traditions relate that she brought the ‘Seven Sacred Rituals’ to the Teton Sioux.
The erotic trance erection of the bird headed shaman was later symbolised in Alchemical terminology in regards to changing water into wine. The symbolic usage of wine is a coded reference to emotional ecstasy, which has been transmuted from a base emotional state, associated with water. This is further emphasised in regards to transmuting lead of a base emotion into gold of an ecstatic emotional state, which is attained via shamanic trance ingress into the dream. The realm of the electron dream is symbolised in Alchemy as the Anima Mundi, whose bio-photon fluctuations manifest as Succubae. The shamans ingress into the feminine domain of the dream is termed in Alchemy as the ‘sacred wedding.’
The motif of the ‘sacred wedding’ is referred to in highly coded form in the Gospel of John, who describes a wedding that Jesus attended. As the story goes, when the host of the celebration unexpectedly ran out of wine, Jesus performed his celebrated Goetes ‘miracle,’ in which he turned water into more wine. There are many who believe this literally happened, to have taken it further by attempting to drink petrol, they believe has been transformed into pineapple juice by an insane pastor. The utilised symbolism of transmuting water into wine is not literal. What it is actually describing is the arousal of a shamanic state of erotic trance where the base emotion of water/lead is transmuted into wine/golden ecstasy.
This is when certain practitioners of Yoga experience the arousal of the Kundalini Shakti (fire snake) the Kalahari Bushmen of South Africa term as the Num. The aroused Num then hits the back of the head, which initiates trance, the Bushmen call Kia. The experience of the Num hitting the back of the head is similar to that of experiencing an orgasm; whereupon a male may experience having an erection.
As an aside of sorts, there are aboriginal Australian cave paintings, which feature scenes of ‘unparalleled eroticism’ that were blamed for an archaeologist’s unwanted bird man erection during a lecture to his female students. Archaeologist Bruce Byrce, a professor at the University of Hong Kong, was giving a ‘Watery’ talk on the series of drawings found upon the cave roofs amidst the Mad Max wilderness in Arnhem Land in Northern Australia, when a particularly saucy ‘Wine’ slide gave him an unexpected bird man erection.
Professor Byrce reportedly blushed ‘Red’ as a grape, who bumbled over a series of ‘Watery’ facts to Dionysian lose his ‘Wine’ track. Bryce then attempted to stand at a weird 33 degree angle to the female audience of Maenads in an attempt to mask his throbbing bird man staff.
Bryce honestly related; “I had been excavating the site for the last six months, looking at the sexy cave paintings every day. I didn’t once get a semi that whole time, so imagine my surprise when I went full salute during the lecture.”
One of the sections of artwork, the archaeologists had excavated depicted three naked copulating couples. The cave paintings have been dated to 28,000 years old, making it one of the oldest Tantric scenes in the whole world, which still has the emotionally charged Haagenti power to transform water into wine, lead into gold. But, if you see such works of art to be mere pornography due to your watery religious upbringing, where sex is considered to be the first sin, rather than leaden ignorance, you will never understand what Haagenti represents of sexual alchemy.
What Haagenti communicates is quite simple; what turns you on sexually, of symbolic stimuli, can be introverted of an ecstatic (Wine) emotional state in order to empower trance ingress into a lucid dream; for it is your emotional ‘charge,’ which ‘spins,’ your electron dreams into (Gold) lucidity. Wherefore erotic works of art covering cave walls were utilised for this purpose by ancient shamans.
This most ancient technique is easily overlooked by those who have forgotten how to dream within their square minded dens, who believe that such imagery is just an expression of pornographic hedonism.
The sexual imagery was otherwise ‘spiritualised’ by those who have not forgotten how to dream. This is achieved by internalising the sexual impulse, which has been aroused by the power of Art.
Whereupon enabling a shaman to attain an awakened state within the dream, where a two dimensional image of a Succubus is experienced as a three dimensional sensory reality.
NOTE: The term pornography has become a loaded word nowadays, which is often utilised to castigate anything considered to be degenerate by politically correct minds, who police the thoughts of others. However, the sexual response is very much tied up with’Creativity,’ which is especially the case for males, whose brains are primarily ‘visually’ orientated. For example, when males observe a semi-naked (Muse) woman, the ‘Creative’ tool-making part of their brain lights up.
The tool-making part of the male brain is automatically triggered to light up when seeing a semi-naked woman. It is not dependent on what his sexual orientation is; it occurs whether he is heterosexual, homosexual or bisexual, etc. When it comes to the female brain, their brains are primarily turned on by ‘words,’ wherefore many women have an avid interest in erotic literature, such as Fifty Shades Of Grey.’
Pornography was originally applied to images and literary works, which just evoked a sexual response in the observer.
In the main, pornography indulges in sex for its own sake without having any other meaning outside of copulating, whereas, the term erotic can have associative meanings outside of the sexual act its self.
In the West, the sexual act is not seen to have a spiritual dimension; this is due to the mass indoctrination into an ‘Animus’ fixated monotheistic religion, having a celibate emphasis, which has castigated sexuality as well as the feminine principle of the ‘Anima’ out of the spiritual equation.
This has in turn heavily influenced Western occultism; whereupon, many an indoctrinated mind will castigate Tantric works as being pornographic, let alone considering them to be Satanic.
In order to offset the religious indoctrination, you will have to look into other less sexually repressed cultures, who see human sexuality having a spiritual dimension.
As for the term spirituality it is about personally experiencing something quite other; it is not about blind belief or having faith in a passed down religious dogma, nor is it associated with a newage fluffiness.
One of the primary reasons why an established religion has a set of rules, which controls sexuality is because the sexual act can lead to altered states of consciousness, whether it is engaged in physically or even vividly imagined, which induces physical arousal. This is more so the case when the sexual impulse is introverted in order to empower lucid dreams, such as inducing a Succubus visitation.
The shaman utilised celibacy as a tool in order to introvert his/her sexual impulse into the dream. It was not used as a means to disengage from sex, but rather to drive it inward via meditative practices, using erotic (icons) images. This will invariably lead to a physical frustration building up, which then expresses its self within the dream, and in turn inducing an altered state of consciousness, in league with what is to be conjured within an induced lucid dream.
The established monotheistic religions in particular do not like you engaging in personally experiencing altered states of consciousness, which leads to spiritual insights, because this will then lead to these religious cultural-constructs losing their illusory influence over you.
The Rabbis/Priests/Mullahs do not want you discovering your own inner reality; for if you do so, they are soon out of their tax dodging business, which relies on you believing in their cultic dogma rather than you personally exploring your own consciousness.
Wherefore the established monotheistic religions have set up an ‘Animus’ fixated symbolic paradigm in order to make you fear your own sexuality as well fearing the inner realms of your dreams, let alone castigating the ‘Anima’ out of the symbolic equation.
This entry was posted on October 22, 2014 at 8:38 am and is filed under Art, Chaos Magic, Goetia Girls, Love Magic, Lucid Dreaming, Sex Magic, Shamanism, Sorcery, Succubus, Tulpa Creation, Witchcraft with tags Aboriginal Australian, alchemy, art, Assyria, Assyrian, australia, Bison, Buffalo, Bull, cave art, chaos magick, Dionysian, dream sexuality, Eagle, goetia, goetia girls, gryphon, Haagenti, Hag, Kalahari Bushmen, Kia, Kundalini Shakti, Lakota, Lamassu, Lascaux, lucid dreaming, Maenad, Miracle, Num, Palaeolithic, pop occulture, sexual alchemy, shamanism, sorcery, South Africa, succubus, sumeria, sumerian, supernatural, Tantra, Tantric, Teton Sioux, trance, Water, White Bufflo Calf Woman, Wine, witch, witchcraft, yoga. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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Recruit Update; KAEO
I’m as happy as the next guy, maybe more so, regarding UMass’ performance at Northeastern on Sunday but I’m not sure I’m ready to say they’re back on track as this headline from the Republican reads. Not to knock Northeastern who has beaten some good teams this year like Colorado College and Lowell, but they still are in a rebuilding year. And I don’t think you can blame them if they were a little emotionally drained Sunday after clawing their way back into the game the night before against Lowell only to be heartbroken at the end. Anyway, Sunday was one of the better games all season for the Minutemen but I’d like to see a strong effort in both games against Lowell before concluding that they’re back on track.
Redshirt defenseman Anthony Raiola is mentioned in this article about Minnesota high school defensemen. Two of Raiola’s defensive teammates are also playing college, one at Mercyhurst the other at Wisconsin.
Mike Pereira was ranked as the 77th best skater in the NHL Central Scouting Mid-Term Rankings that came out yesterday.
What does that mean? It’s tough to tell. I checked who was ranked 77th last year at this time, Willie Coetzee, and he went undrafted, though he later signed a free agent deal with the Red Wings. Jerry D’Amigo was ranked 72nd and he has exploded onto the college (and international) scene this year.
Also, Pereira’s signing with UMass over BU and Providence are mentioned in his local paper as well as a story on his brother’s game at Fenway last week.
Colin Shea has been named to the EJHL All-Star game for the second year in a row.
I often look on youtube for videos of UMass prospects but it seems like people only take video, or at least post video, of fights. Here’s Joel Hanley throwing some punches back in November.
I’ve also had a few names pop up as being players that UMass is likely looking at in addition to Devin Tringale whom I wrote about last week. I don’t know how interested or how recent UMass was looking at these prospects but here’s what I’ve found in research.
Nick Gordon is a 6’2″ 195lb captain forward at Northfield-Mount Hermon who had an official visit to UMass back in October. He currently has 6 goals and 6 assists in 13 games. He also played QB for NHM’s football team.
Dan Szerlip is a 5’9″ 160lbs speedy forward playing with the Boston Advantage who just started play in the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League. So far he has 4 goals and 2 assists in 15 games. Boston Advantage is where recruit Peter DeAngelo played last year and is run by former Minuteman and Black Bear Tim Lovell. Previously he played with the Junior Bruins’ Empire League team and the Capital District Selects of the EJHL. He has also received interest from Quinnipiac and Miami.
I’ve added a Recruits to KAEO page which can be accessed at the top menu. KAEO stands for “Keeping An Eye On”, a term used on UMasshoops.com by the immortal kmac to keep track of basketball recruits. I’ll try to keep this up to date with potential recruits as they come to my attention.
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https://fearthetriangle.com/2010/01/12/recruit-update-kaeo/
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Dan “the man” Szerlip was a teammate of mine for a short time in Midgets. He has a nose for the net and is quick, but isn’t the biggest of guys on the ice. He makes his presence known by being physical though, and certainly has a high skating ability. Newton’s pride and joy..
Well UMass has certainly had some success with not the biggest guys on the ice. Thanks for the insight.
ill update you further on friday when umass plays my current institution of learning.
UMass02
“Tringale” is an anagram (of sorts) for “Triangle.”
You must’ve missed my blog about him last week:
“I really hope UMass lands this kid. Not just because he sounds like a high profile recruit, but for all the Fear The Tringale quips I’ll be able to make.”
Oooohhh, must not have read that too closely.
there is no chance dan szerlip is going to be playing D 1, please
I can only go by what I hear and read.
skid21
I was at the predraft tournament last week and heard Tringale was commtting to an Ivy league school.
I heard hockey east. Hopefully Umass.
umassfan
Devin Tringale is a late 93 currently ranked 35th among ranked Northeast players.
froggs11
what happen to Dan Zerlip?
Currently playing juniors in Saskatchewan. Not sure if he’s turning out to be a Hockey East level player.
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Alison Munson: a large scale look at understorey plants
Date: 30 Aug 2019Author: Functional Ecology 0 Comments
For their recent paper, 29 researchers came together to look at Geographic scale and disturbance influence intraspecific trait variability in leaves and roots of North American understory plants (Kumordzi, BB, Aubin, I, Cardou, F, et al. Funct Ecol. 2019; 00: 1– 14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13402)
In this Insight, Alison Munson talks about why they did it, what they learned and the challenges involved in bringing together multiple research teams for a continental-scale project.
What can we learn from this study?
This paper describes leaf and root trait ITV (intraspecific variability) of common boreal and temperate forest understory species, across a continental east-west gradient in Canada. We sampled ubiquitous, widespread boreal and temperate species found normally below the forest canopy, for which data are scarce despite their important presence in these forests, and their contribution to processes such as carbon and nitrogen cycles. We also included traits of fine roots, which have rarely been included in ITV studies; this permitted us to compare ITV above- and belowground.
We examined ITV at several scales, continental scale being the largest. This approach is also quite rare and logistically difficult, but lets us to understand the importance of ITV over the entire range of the six species studied (two shrubs, and four herb species). We sampled populations on sites affected by natural and anthropogenic disturbance, both very frequent in these commercial forests, which increases the width of the local gradient. In these forests, disturbance is an important driver of ecosystem structure and function. Thus, the study contributes to understanding the plastic responses of these common understory species in response to both continental-wide factors such as climate, or to changes in the local environment following disturbance.
How did you come up with this idea?
The idea for this study originated from a workshop on functional traits in Quebec, when we discussed the possibilities of a collaborative approach to accelerate data acquisition in huge areas such as Canada. Isabelle (Aubin) had launched the data bank TOPIC (Traits of Plants in Canada), and I was part of the scientific committee to work on encouraging Canadian researchers to send their trait data to this new national effort. A couple of years later we had funding from the Quebec research council (FRQNT) and from our original five-member team, we plotted about bringing together the forest and vegetation ecology community in Canada. We had seen from previous studies that ITV appeared to be quite important in boreal ecosystems (work by Kumordzi et al. 2015), and understory plants have been much less studied than the canopy species.
What was the biggest challenge for this work?
The challenge was to bring together a team of researchers across the country who already had field sites established for other studies in the boreal or temperate forest. We achieved this by sending out to colleagues a friendly open call for participation in a large collaborative study of ITV including the proposed six species. We were pleasantly surprised that the large majority of those contacted responded positively (23 teams in total). Then, we needed to draw up a detailed common protocol for sampling during a very short sampling window at the peak of the growing season. After many versions, we sent out the final protocol followed by pre-addressed, insulated courier boxes to send fresh root samples back to the two main laboratories that carried out measures of root traits using the same WinRhizo equipment. We had quite a team back in the labs, processing fresh and dried material as it arrived, an amazing intensive effort!
Bright Kumordzi arrived to do the quantitative analyses as a postdoc from Umea, where he had worked on ITV in boreal forest communities for his PhD. After his work on the data set, it was an important step to have a synthesis workshop (funded by CIEE, Canada’s synthesis centre) to bring most of the researchers to a meeting for two days, to discuss findings and work on the outlines for three prospective manuscripts to come out from our collaborative work. I am a great fan of synthesis meetings, mostly in out of the way places where we can continue to talk at meal times and into the evening. The group has been continually interested and eager to contribute with revisions and suggestions, in part because of our synthesis meeting. This has been an interesting community effort that will also bring more data into the data bank of Traits of Plants in Canada (TOPIC), one of our principal objectives.
Does this study goes beyond boreal forests?
We found that locally sampling these species in undisturbed and disturbed environments captured a large proportion of the intraspecific variability, for all species. This has practical implications for sampling ITV at different scales. However, another proportion of variability could not be explained at the scales measured, indicating that it is also important to measure ITV at the level of individuals, and perhaps within individual organs such as fine roots. These data are useful to understand plasticity of these plants under changing environments, and can potentially be integrated into modelling of their response to global change. The effort to improve above and belowground process models or DGVMs including understory plants is the focus of a future synthesis group in Canada.
What are the next steps in your research?
A subsequent manuscript examines the drivers of ITV at different scales. We also probed the genetic variability of one of the species across its entire range, in relation to measured trait variability, with some surprises! This work is also being finalized for submission. Our results point to the need to examine ITV at smaller scales, and some preliminary work is in progress in this orientation. It will be important to better characterize where ITV will be important versus interspecific variation. This has been a very enriching study for all involved, and helps us seeing forward how collaborative research at this scale can certainly work well!
Read the paper in full here or the free plain language summary here.
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Chi è G66
Chi è Fractal
Pete Thorn
Versatile and In-Demand
Article by Michael French
The council of rock guitar couldn't appoint a better ambassador than Pete Thorn: he's a player you'll eventually discover and then routinely seek out. When scouting the personalities of rock guitar, we recognize Pete as a 5-tool player:
He's an incredible musician and player, showing a wide range of versatility on his aptly-titled solo album of 2011, Guitar Nerd.
His number is on speed-dial in the phones of music's biggest artists such as Melissa Etheridge, Don Henley, and Chris Cornell, who regularly bring him out on tour as their lead guitarist.
He works with the guitar-playing community, both as a teacher and an author, writing articles on the experiences of a working professional guitarist.
He has great knowledge and perspective on gear. Pete tests and reviews the latest guitars, amps, and tools and shares his latest discoveries online, maintaining a busy web presence.
He's a magnet to his peers, sharing the stage with other Fractal artists such as Steve Stevens, and taking on projects to produce albums for other artists.
We're delighted to have an artist such as Pete place his trust in Fractal Audio and his focus into the Axe-Fx. As Pete tells it: "I'm a total geek guitar nerd. I eat, sleep, and breathe guitar - it's what I think about all the time."
How were you introduced to the Axe-Fx?
I picked up an Axe-Fx Ultra early - in 2008. I heard about it via word-of-mouth and online forums. I knew right away there was something in this box that other products didn't have - they were really ahead of everyone else in regards to amp modeling and the effects were great. I was so into it that I recorded and posted a track within 48 hours of getting the Axe-Fx. It sounded great right out of the gate. I was hooked.
How did you start working the Axe-Fx into your workflow?
I initially incorporated it into my live WDW (wet/dry/wet) rig - and used the Ultra just for effects. In contrast to other units, I found that with the Axe-Fx, the more time I worked on my tones and the deeper I got, the better and better the sounds became. Programming iconic tones like "Black Hole Sun" for Chris Cornell yielded great sounds to me right off the bat and got me really excited about it. It's a fantastic effects unit - ridiculously good.
Over the years, the Fractal platform has consistently progressed. I love that whatever it is today, it'll only improve upon tomorrow: each firmware revision brings new features and tonal updates. The Axe-Fx was always a killer unit for modeling and effects, but now it can capture speaker impulse responses (IRs) and tone-match amps and recordings.
What part of that evolution has you most excited?
I love the ability to capture IRs - that's been biggest thing for me. Once I was able to capture IRs within the Axe-Fx and hear how close the sound was to my studio, this was killer: because the speaker is the final filter on your sound. I never knew what I was listening to with the provided speaker models in other units, but once I started making my own IRs, it brought things to a whole new level. I could match my studio sounds, which I've put a lot of work into - it's a known point of reference for me.
Watch Pete play "Homage" from Guitar Nerd with his Axe-Fx II
The first batch of presets that Pete is sharing with the Fractal community are based on two of his favorite amps: a Suhr SL68 and a Friedman BE100.
"My Suhr SL68 is essentially a great Plexi. John Suhr is a great friend and he made me this amp - it's the very first SL68 that he made and it's an idealized 1968 Plexi to John's thinking. It brings forth that great Marshall tone. It's very versatile: it'll clean up nice, and will handle anything from cleans to bluesy rock n' roll to Van Halen grind.
The other amp is the Friedman BE100 and that head has become a modern classic. It's Dave Friedman's idealized modded-Marshall voicing. It's a little tighter than a Plexi - more controllable, while still having that Marshall flavor. You can get a fair amount of gain happening and the bottom end stays responsive and it feels really good to play."
What was your process for creating this first batch of presets?
These presets are a combination of an IR capture and a tone match. Using my Suhr SL68, I dialed in a great tone using a using the Weber Legacy speaker housed in a Suhr 112 cabinet. I used a blend I like of an SM57 and a SE Electronics VR1 ribbon mic into an API preamp. I usually place the mic on the cap edge of whatever speaker I'm using. I dial in the mics and preamp, getting everything sounding great, and I'll shoot an impulse of that cabinet. I find that after getting the impulse response in place you're about 85% there before you even do the tone match. Then I go into the Axe-Fx and pull up a similar amp model, and make a chain that has the amp model into a cab block that has my IR, and then put a Tone Match block after that. Then I'll go back and feed the output of the guitar cab, mics, and preamp into the Axe-Fx. I put the amp and the Axe-Fx tone match on an A/B switch and go back and forth between the two. I play the guitar into the amp and the Axe-Fx simultaneously, capturing both sounds at the same time.
What's your biggest tip regarding IR captures and tone-matching?
When you're making an IR, you have to take everything into account: it's essentially a digital snapshot of the whole chain. Take your time time dialing it in and listen to how the speaker is being represented. Make sure there's not too much proximity effect on the mics, as that will get captured. Make sure the mics are in phase.
When tone-matching, make sure you feed the amp and the Axe-Fx the the same part, whether it's re-amped, or played simultaneously. I've found that playing them simultaneously really helps to capture the sonic color really well and makes it very accurate.
Watch Pete walk through the process of tone-matching an amp with his Axe-Fx II
One of the things I did when I started using the Axe-Fx live was to set up my normal touring rig, mic'ed up in another room, alongside the Axe-Fx on an A/B switch. Then as I'd dial in my sounds on the Axe-Fx, I'd switch back and forth between the two until I had things as I liked them and made my presets in the Axe-Fx that way. I was able to dial things in really closely. I figured at the end of the day, the crowd is going to hear your rig through the PA, so why not replicate that as close as possible, through studio monitors if you can.
For a touring set, you're really using just a couple cabs and an amp or two, so limit your options to that at the start. Start small and stay comfortable. For instance, I started with 3 sounds to start with: a Deluxe Verb, 30W-TB, and Brit 800 to cover the clean, edge-of-breakup, and crunch rhythm sounds. From there, I was able to walk in with the Axe-Fx and start gigging with it because I had it dialed in on studio monitors and pretty much had it nailed. It felt very comfortable.
What are your favorite amp models in the Axe-Fx II?
Besides the the Plexi Treble and the Friedman BE that are on display in the presets, I also love the Shiver Lead, Division 13, and Class-A 15W TB. I love making those models sound like small amps blowing up. But all of the models have their place - it's fun to mix and match and experiment with them all.
I know from watching your videos and reading your columns, you put a lot of thought into your processes as a working guitarist. How does the Axe-Fx help you in that area?
Musicians need to be self-sufficient nowadays - the Axe-Fx allows you to do that without sacrifice. The budgets aren't the same as they used to be: you may not have a tech even on a big tour. Keeping your costs down is a huge factor for a working guitarist - shipping and cartage costs cut into budgets and the bottom line. Putting your sounds into the Axe-Fx, taking them overseas, and delivering a consistent performance each night wins you a lot of friends among the crew and the artists you play with. On the last European tour with Melissa Etheridge, I used an Axe-Fx through a power amp and guitar cabs on-stage and also ran a direct out to PA. The front-of-house engineer was using the direct sound through the PA - it was a consistent sound each show and he loved it.
You're a self-professed gear hound, and say you love vintage equipment and tube amps as much as the latest technology. When do you choose the Axe-Fx over other options?
I do love tube amps, and I love the Axe-Fx. There's room for both in my environment. I look at these options as flavors to impart to the different projects I work on. I use the Axe-Fx without reservation. It's an all-in-1 Swiss Army Knife for guitar players - everything you need. I always tell people it's not any one thing: it's everything. You can use it in front on an amp, direct into the PA, in the loop of your amp…a million different ways. It will be there for you and perform flawlessly.
What projects are on the horizon for you?
I'm excited about finishing up producing a new record for Trisha Lurie, who is an incredible rock singer/songwriter. I'm getting ready to produce a new album by fellow Fractal artist Andy Wood, who's a phenomenal player. I hope to finish up a follow-up to Guitar Nerd by the end of the year for an early 2014 release. There's another Melissa Etheridge tour coming up, as well as talks of some other tours.
Keep up with Pete on his web site, peterthorn.com, as well as his YouTube channel which is regularly updated with gear demos, lessons, and performances.
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Mario R. Capecchi Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007
Nobel prize also awarded to Sir Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies
National Medal of Science - Biological Sciences 2001
Molecular Geneticist. Introduced specific gene modifications in mice by using embryonic stem cells. Gene Targeting, Homeobox Genes, Development, Behavior.
Mother incarcerated as political prisoner, Germany. "At age 4½, I set off on my own, living in streets, orphanages; joining gangs of homeless children; generally hungry. Vivid recollections, brutal beyond description."
The Power of Inquiry: A Tribute to Mario Capecchi, Ph. D., University of Utah Geneticist and Nobel Laureate
Susan Sample, Sean Graff
Office of Public Affairs, University of Utah Health Sciences, 2008
Chapter by Dr. Mario R. Capecchi, Human Germline Gene Therapy; How and Why. Pages 31-42
Engineering the Human Germline : An Exploration of the Science and Ethics of Altering the Genes We Pass to Our Children: An Exploration of the Science and Ethics of Altering the Genes We Pass to Our Children
Science Technology and Society Program UCLA Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life Gregory Stock Director, John Campbell Professor of Neurobiology UCLA School of Medicine
Blazing a genetic trail: families and scientists join in seeking the flawed genes that cause disease
Maya Pines, Howard Hughes Medical Center
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1991
Presents "Blazing a Genetic Trail," an electronic publication of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Includes articles pertaining to genetics and hereditary diseases. Contains articles about the Human Genome Project, cystic fibrosis (CF), DNA and genetic disorders, mutations, inherited diseases, the use of mice in genetic research, and other items. Offers access to introductory information on genetics and a glossary.
Molecular genetics of early Drosophila and mouse development
Banbury report
Current communications in molecular biology
A Banbury Center meeting
Mario R. Capecchi
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory press, 1989
Science, Developmental genetics, Molecular Genetics, Drosophila
On the Mechanism of Suppression and Polypeptide Chain Initiation
Mario Ramberg Capecchi
Dissertation:
Ph. D. Harvard University, 1967
Finding Our Place: 100 Memorable Adoptees, Fostered Persons, and Orphanage Alumni
Nikki McCaslin
Richard Uhrlaub, Marilyn Grokzky
Greenwood Press, 2009
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Ghosts in the Dust
Hugh Farmar on John Reed, Insurgent Mexico
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The eternally, infernally straight roads of the deserts of northern Mexico cut through some of the flattest, most barren country you’ll ever see. On my travels I’ve been through this land. You get on a bus in a station in a city filled with life’s cacophony and drive for days, with the heat suffocating you asleep and the mosquitoes stinging you awake, and the only change from bush and scrub is the odd vulture eyeing you suspiciously. Then, just when you think you’ve landed in the bleakest place on earth, without a human or a sign of one for miles, the black-clad lady who has been sitting quietly beside you for the past twelve hours taps the driver to stop, unloads her overflowing bags and cases, and wanders off into the scrub . . .
It was in this environment that Insurgent Mexico was written. Published in 1914, it is ostensibly the reportage of the months that the journalist John Reed spent with Pancho Villa’s revolutionary guerrillas as they advanced through the desert to Mexico’s capital. But it is more travelogue than journalism, more loving portrait of a people and a country than war reporting. Reed’s reports have the passion and eye for detail of Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London and are painted with the eye of a poet who was never far from the action – all the more remarkable given the punishing terrain.
John Reed is best known for Ten Days that Shook the World (1917), his classic account of the Bolshevik revolution. But where Ten Days rata-tat-tats like a telegram tapped out under gunfire, Insurgent Mexico slaps across a literary canvas lavish swathes of colour and furious heat and open-hearted characters and swirls them around till you can taste the dust, feel the sweat dribbling down your back and find yourself casting round for your horse, your woman and your gun.
Reed grew up in Portland, Oregon, studied literature at Harvard, where he was snubbed by the smart set, fell
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Hugh Farmar lives in London. He visited Mexico for two days in 2007 and ended up living there. He doesn’t rule out its happening again.
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Is Enough Enough?
Hugh Farmar on J. K. Galbraith, The Affluent Society
If you feel troubled by society’s fixation on producing more and more stuff regardless of whether we need it, then The Affluent Society may offer some comfort. If you also labour in a dull job that does little for you other than pay the bills, this book offers some hope, albeit distant. And if you wonder why poverty persists and why the debt culture gripped us to choking point, and worry that we haven’t yet broken its hold, then read on.
The Last Bookshop in Europe
Christian Tyler on Dingle Bookshop, Ireland
The white van was seen one morning to draw up in the little car park overlooking Clogher beach, a stormy inlet of the Dingle peninsula in south-west Ireland. Four men in black suits climbed out, edged down the slippery concrete steps and lined up on the beach. Then, as if responding to an invisible signal, they raised their arms in salute over the ocean, and shouted into the wind in a strange tongue.
Under the Desert Sun
Richard Platt on Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
Abbey was born in 1927 on a family farm in the mountains of Appalachia, in western Pennsylvania, but before he was 20 he had travelled to the American south-west and fallen in love with the ‘implacable indifference’ of the red rock desert and labyrinthine canyons of ‘the four corners’, the point at which Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado converge. It would forever speak to his heart. By the 1950s he was working as a park ranger, and in 1956 he began two seasons at the Arches National Monument in south-east Utah, now a national park. He was home. It was a time of ‘pure, smug, animal satisfaction’. He began to keep a journal that would later blossom into an elegiac memoir: Desert Solitaire (1968).
Inhabiting a Character
Mary Sullivan on the works of Mary Lavin
Years ago, travelling in Sri Lanka, I gave my copy of Mary Lavin’s Tales from Bective Bridge (1942), long out of print, to someone who had helped me, and immediately regretted it – where would I find another? Mary Lavin, once hugely admired and honoured, had been forgotten, as had almost all her work.
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Principal Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Minichannels and Microchannels
Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Minichannels and Microchannels
Satish Kandlikar, Srinivas Garimella, Dongqing Li, Stephane Colin, Michael R. King
Heat exchangers with minichannel and microchannel flow passages are becoming increasingly popular because of their ability to remove large heat fluxes under single-phase and two-phase applications. This book serves as a sourcebook for those individuals involved in the design processes of microchannel flow passages in a heat exchanger. This book manages to present its findings in a manner that is directly useful to a designer, while a researcher is able to use the information in developing new models, or in identifying research needs. Each chapter is accompanied by a 'real life' case study. First book published solely dealing with heat and fluid flow in minichannels and microchannels.
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About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Satish G. Kandlikar and Michael R. King
Single-phase gas flow in microchannels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Single-phase liquid flow in minichannels and microchannels . .
Single-phase electrokinetic flow in microchannels . . . . . . . . . . . .
Flow boiling in minichannels and microchannels . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Condensation in minichannels and microchannels . . . . . . . . . . . .
Biomedical applications of microchannel flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Satish Kandlikar
Dr. Satish Kandlikar is the Gleason Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rochester
Institute of Technology. He obtained his B.E. degree from Marathawada University and
M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from I.I.T. Bombay. His research focuses on flow boiling and
single phase heat transfer and fluid flow in microchannels, high flux cooling, and fundamentals of interfacial phenomena. He has published over 130 conference and journal
papers, presented over 25 invited and keynote papers, has written contributed chapters in
several handbooks, and has been editor-in-chief of a handbook on boiling and condensation. He is the recipient of the IBM Faculty award for the past three consecutive years. He
received the Eisenhart Outstanding Teaching Award at RIT in 1997. He is an Associate Editor of several journals, including the Journal of Heat Transfer, Heat Transfer Engineering,
Journal of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, International Journal of Heat and Technology,
and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering. He is a Fellow member of ASME.
Dr. Srinivas Garimella is an Associate Professor and Director of the Sustainable Thermal
Systems Laboratory at Georgia Institute of Technology. He was previously a Research
Scientist at Battelle Memorial Institute, Senior Engineer at General Motors, Associate
Professor at Western Michigan University, and William and Virginia Binger Associate
Professor at Iowa State University. Dr. Garimella received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from
The Ohio State University, and a Bachelors degree from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur. He is Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology
and the International Journal of HVAC&R Research, and is Chair of the Advanced Energy
Systems Division of ASME. He conducts research in the areas of vapor-compression and
absorption heat pumps, phase-change in microchannels, heat and mass transfer in binary
fluids, and supercritical heat transfer in natural refrigerants and blends. He has authored
over 85 refereed journal and conference papers and several invited short courses, lectures
and book chapters, and holds four patents. He received the NSF CAREER Award, the
ASHRAE New Investigator Award, and the SAE Teetor Award for Engineering Educators.
Dr. Dongqing Li obtained his BA and MSc. degrees in Thermophysics Engineering in
China, and his Ph.D. degree in Thermodynamics from the University of Toronto, Canada,
in 1991. He was a professor at the University of Alberta and later in the University of
Toronto from 1993 to 2005. Currently, Dr. Li is the H. Fort Flowers professor of Mechanical
Engineering, Vanderbilt University. His research is in the areas of microfluidics and labon-a-chip. Dr. Li has published one book, 11 book chapters, and over 160 journal papers.
He is the Editor-in-Chief of an international journal Microfluidics and Nanofluidics.
Dr. Stéphane Colin is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of
Applied Sciences (INSA) of Toulouse, France. He obtained his Engineering degree in
1987 and received his Ph.D. degree in Fluid Mechanics from the Polytechnic National
Institute ofToulouse in 1992. In 1999, he created the Microfluidics Group of the Hydrotechnic Society of France, and he currently leads this group. He is the Assistant Director
of the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory of Toulouse. His research is in the area of
microfluidics. Dr. Colin is editor of the book Microfluidique, published by Hermes Science
Dr. Michael King is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical
Engineering at the University of Rochester. He received a B.S. degree from the University
of Rochester and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, both in chemical engineering.
At the University of Pennsylvania, King received an Individual National Research Service
Award from the NIH. King is a Whitaker Investigator, a James D. Watson Investigator of
New York State, and is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award. He is editor of the book
Principles of Cellular Engineering: Understanding the Biomolecular Interface, published
by Academic Press. His research interests include biofluid mechanics and cell adhesion.
In the last few decades, new frontiers have been opened up by advances in our ability to
produce microscale devices and systems. The numerous advantages that can be realized by
constructing devices with microscale features have, in many cases, been exploited without a
complete understanding of the way the miniaturized geometry alters the physical processes.
The augmentation of transport processes due to microscale dimensions is taken advantage
of in nature by all biological systems. In the engineered systems that are the focus of this
book, the challenge is to understand and quantify how utilizing microscale passages alters
the fluid flow patterns and the resulting, momentum, heat, and mass transfer processes to
maximize device performance while minimizing cost, size, and energy requirements.
In this book, we are concerned with flow through passages with hydraulic diameters
from about 1 µm to 3 mm, covering the range of microchannels and minichannels. Different phenomena are affected differently as we approach microscales depending on fluid
properties and flow conditions; hence, classification schemes that identify a channel as
macro, mini, or micro should be considered merely as guidelines.
The main topics covered in this book are single-phase gas flow and heat transfer; singlephase liquid flow and heat transfer; electrokinetic effects on liquid flow; flow patterns,
pressure drop, and heat transfer in convective boiling; flow patterns, pressure drop, and heat
transfer during convective condensation, and finally biological applications. The coverage
is intended to reflect the status of our current understanding in these areas.
In each chapter, the fundamental physical phenomena related to the specific processes
are introduced first. Then, the engineering analyses and quantitative methods derived
from theoretical and experimental work conducted worldwide are presented. Areas requiring further research are clearly identified throughout as well as summarized within each
There are two intended audiences for this book. First, it is intended as a basic textbook for
graduate students in various engineering applications. The students will find the necessary
foundation for the relevant transport processes in microchannels as well as summaries of
the key models, results, and correlations that represent the state-of-the-art. To facilitate
the development of the ability to use the new information presented, each chapter contains
several solved example problems that are carefully selected to provide practical guidance
for students as well as practitioners. Second, this book is also expected to serve as a
source book for component and system designers and researchers. Wherever possible,
the range of applicability and uncertainty of the analyses presented is provided so that
analyzing new devices and configurations can be done with known levels of confidence. The
comprehensive summary of the literature included in each chapter will also help the readers
identify valuable source material relevant to their specific problem for further investigation.
The authors would like to express appreciation toward the students and coworkers who
have contributed significantly in their research and publication efforts in this field. The
first author would like to thank Nathan English in particular for his efforts in editing the
entire manuscript and preparing the master nomenclature.
The authors are thankful to the scientific community for their efforts in exploring
microscale phenomena in microchannels and minichannels. We look forward to receiving
information on continued developments in this field and feedback from the readers as we
strive to improve this book in the future. We also recognize that in our zest to prepare this
manuscript in a rapidly developing field, we may have inadvertently made errors or omissions. We humbly seek your forgiveness and request that you forward us any corrections
or suggestions.
A,B,C,D,F
a∗
a1 , a2 , a3
a1 . . . a5
C, C
C∗
C1 , C2
Section area, m2 (Chapters 2 and 6).
Equation coefficients and exponents (Chapters 3 and 7).
First-order slip coefficient, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Second-order slip coefficient, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
High-order slip coefficient, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Cross-sectional area, m2 (Chapter 3).
Total plenum cross-sectional area, m2 (Chapter 3).
Total heat transfer surface area (Chapter 5).
Speed of sound, m/s (Chapter 2); channel width, m (Chapter 3) equation
constant in Eqs. (6.71), (6.83) and (6.87) (Chapter 6); coefficient in
entrance length equations, dimensionless (Chapter 7).
Aspect ratio of rectangular sections, dimensionless, a∗ = h/b (Chapter 2).
Coefficients for the mass flow rate in a rectangular microchannel,
dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Coefficients in Eq. (6.107) (Chapter 6).
Parameter used in Eqs. (6.9) and (6.41) (Chapter 6).
Parameter used in Eq. (6.21) (Chapter 6).
Coefficient in cell surface oxygen concentration equation (Chapter 7).
Half-channel width, m (Chapter 2); channel height, m (Chapter 3);
constant in Eqs. (6.71), (6.83) and (6.87) (Chapter 6).
Boiling number, dimensionless, Bo = q /(GhLV ) (Chapter 5).
Bond number, dimensionless, Bo = (ρL − ρV )gDh2 /σ (Chapter 5);
Bo = g(ρL − ρG )((d/2)2 /σ) (Chapter 6).
Constant, dimensionless (Chapter 1); coefficient in a Nusselt number
correlation (Chapter 3); concentration, mol/m3 (Chapters 4 and 7);
Chisholm’s parameter, dimensionless (Chapter 5); constant used in
Eqs. (6.39), (6.40) and (6.157) (Chapter 6).
Reference concentration, mol/m3 (Chapter 4).
Ratio of experimental and theoretical apparent friction factors,
dimensionless, C ∗ = fapp,ex /fapp,th , (Chapter 3); non-dimensionalized
concentration, C ∗ = C(x, y)/Cin (Chapter 7).
Oxygen concentration at the lower channel wall, mol/m3 (Chapter 7).
Empirically derived constants in Eq. (6.35) (Chapter 6); parameter,
used in Eq. (6.54) (Chapter 6).
Coefficient of contraction, dimensionless (Chapter 6).
Non-dimensionalized gas phase oxygen concentration, Cin = C̃g /Cg
(Chapter 7).
Friction factor, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
D, D+ , D−
Dh , DH
E1 , E2
Eo, Eö
F, F
Convection number, dimensionless, Co = [(1 − x)/x]0.9 [ρV /ρL ]0.5
σ/g(ρ −ρ )
Confinement number, dimensionless, Co =
Contraction coefficient, dimensionless (Chapter 5); distribution
parameter in drift flux model, dimensionless, Co = α j/(α j)
Specific heat capacity at a constant pressure, J/kg K (Chapter 6).
Saturation oxygen concentration, mol/m3 (Chapter 7).
Mean-square molecular speed, m/s (Chapter 2); constant in the
thermal entry length equation, dimensionless (Chapter 3); constant in
Eq. (6.57) (Chapter 6).
Molecular thermal velocity vector m/s (Chapter 2).
Mean thermal velocity, m/s (Chapter 2).
Coefficients used in Eq. (6.133) (Chapter 6).
Specific heat at a constant pressure, J/kg K (Chapters 2, 3 and 5).
Specific heat at a constant volume, J/kg K (Chapter 2).
Capillary number, dimensionless, Ca = µV /σ (Chapter 5).
Critical heat flux, W/m2 (Chapter 5).
Diameter, m (Chapters 1, 3, 5 and 6).
Diffusion coefficient, diffusivity, m2 /s (Chapters 2 and 4).
Diameter constricted by channel roughness, m, Dcf = D − 2ε
Hydraulic diameter, m (Chapters 1–5).
Laminar equivalent diameter, m (Chapter 3).
Mean molecular diameter, m (Chapter 2); diameter, m (Chapter 6).
Departure bubble diameter, m (Chapter 5).
Applied electrical field strength, V/m (Chapter 4); total energy
per unit volume, J/m3 (Chapter 2); diode efficiency, dimensionless,
(Chapter 2); parameter used in Eq. (6.141) (Chapter 6).
Electric field strength, V/m (Chapter 4).
Internal specific energy, J/kg (Chapter 2); charge of a proton,
e = 1.602 × 10−19 C (Chapter 4).
Eötvös number, dimensionless, Eo = g (ρL − ρV ) L2 /σ in case of
liquid gas contact (Chapters 5 and 6).
Non-dimensional constant accounting for an electrokinetic body force
(Chapter 4); general periodic function of unit magnitude (Chapter 4);
force,N (Chapters 5 and 6); modified Froude number, dimensionless,
ρg UGS
ρl −ρg Dg
(Chapter 6); stress ratio, dimensionless, F = τw /
(ρL gδ) (Chapter 6); parameter used in Eq. (6.141) (Chapter 6);
external force acting on a spherical cell, N (Chapter 7).
External force per unit mass vector, N/kg (Chapter 2).
Interfacial force created by evaporation momentum, N (Chapter 5).
Interfacial force created by surface tension, N (Chapter 5).
Fr m
Fr so
Fluid-surface parameter accounting for the nucleation characteristics
of different fluid surface combinations, dimensionless (Chapter 5).
Function of the liquid volume fraction and the vapor Reynolds
number, used in Eq. (6.128) (Chapter 6).
Dimensionless parameter of Eq. (6.112) (Chapter 6).
Electrical force per unit volume of the liquid, N/m3 (Chapter 4).
Volume force vector, N/m3 (Chapter 2).
Fanning friction factor, dimensionless (Chapters 1, 3 and 5); single-phase
Apparent friction factor accounting for developing flows, dimensionless
Frequency, Hz (Chapter 2); velocity distribution function (Chapter 2).
Superficial liquid phase friction factor, dimensionless (Chapter 6).
Floor distance to mean line in roughness elements, m (Chapter 3).
Liquid Froude number, dimensionless, Fr 2l = V l /gδ (Chapter 6).
Modified Froude number, dimensionless (Chapter 6).
Soliman modified Froude number, dimensionless (Chapter 6).
G 2 x3
Froude rate, dimensionless Ft = (1−x)ρ
2 gD
Mass flux, kg/m2 s (Chapters 1, 5 and 6).
Equivalent mass flux, kg/m2 s, Geq = Gl + Gl (Chapter 6).
Mass flux that produces the
same interfacial shear stress as a vapor core,
ρl
kg/m -s, Gl = Gv ρv fl (Chapter 6).
hfg
Total mass flux, kg/m2 s (Chapter 6).
Acceleration due to gravity, m/s2 (Chapters 5 and 6).
Liquid Galileo number, dimensionless, Gal = gD3 /νl2 (Chapter 6).
Maximum height, m (Chapter 4); distance between parallel plates or height, m
Heat transfer coefficient, W/m2 -K (Chapters 1, 3, 5 and 6); channel half-depth, m
(Chapter 2); specific enthalpy, J/kg (Chapters 2 and 5); wave height, m
Average heat transfer coefficient, W/m2 K (Chapters 3 and 6).
Film heat transfer coefficient, W/m2 K (Chapter 6).
Latent heat of vaporization, J/kg (Chapter6).
Gas-phase height in channel, m, hG ≤ π4 ρg (1−
) (Chapter 6).
Latent heat of vaporization at pL , J/kg (Chapter 5).
Specific enthalpy of vaporization, J/kg (Chapter 6).
Modified specific enthalpy of vaporization, J/kg (Chapter 6).
Unit tensor, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Current, A (Chapter 3).
Enthalpy, J/kg (Chapter 5).
Mass flux vector, kg/m2 s (Chapter 2).
Electrical current, A (Chapter 4).
Superficial velocity, m/s (Chapters 5 and 6).
jg∗ , jG
K(x)
K(∞)
k B , κb
LG, LL
Lent , Lh , Lhd
Leq
lx,y,z
Wallis dimensionless gas velocity, jg∗ = √
Gt x
Dgρv (ρl −ρv )
Jakob number, dimensionless, Ja = ρρVL p,LhLV (Chapter 5).
c (T −T )
Liquid Jakob number, dimensionless, Jal = pL hsatlv s (Chapter 6).
Non-dimensional double layer thickness, K = Dh κ (Chapter 4); constant
in Eqs. (6.56) and (6.95) (Chapter 6).
Incremental pressure defect, dimensionless (Chapter 3).
Hagenbach’s factor, dimensionless, K(x) when x > Lh (Chapter 3).
Ratio of evaporation momentum to inertia forces at the liquid–vapor
2
interface, dimensionless, K1 = GqhLV ρρVL (Chapter 5).
Ratio of evaporation momentum to surface tension forces at the
liquid–vapor interface, dimensionless, K2 = hqLV ρVDσ (Chapter 5).
Loss coefficient at a 90◦ bend, dimensionless (Chapter 3).
Contraction loss coefficient due to an area change,
Expansion loss coefficient due to an area change, dimensionless
Michaelis constant, mol/m3 (Chapter 7).
Thermal conductivity, W/mK (Chapters 1–3, 5 and 6); constant,
Coefficient in the collision rate expression, dimensionless
Coefficient in the mean free path expression, dimensionless
Boltzmann constant, kB = 1.38065 J/K (Chapters 2 and 4).
Knudsen number, Kn= λ/L, dimensionless (Chapters 1 and 2).
Minimal representative length Knudsen number, Kn = λ/Lmin
Kutateladze number, dimensionless Ku = Cp T /hfg (Chapter 6).
Length or characteristic length in a given
system, m (Chapters 1–3
and 5–7); Laplace constant, m, L = g(ρlσ−ρv ) (Chapter 6).
Gas and liquid slug lengths in the slug flow regime, m (Chapter 6).
Hydrodynamically developing entrance length, m, Lent = aHRe
(Chapters 2, 3 and 7).
Thermally developing entrance length, m, Lt = cRePrDh (Chapter 3).
Total pipette length, m (Chapter 7).
Microchannel length, m (Chapter 2).
Characteristic length of a sampling volume, m (Chapter 2).
Channel half height, m (Chapter 4).
Left hand side (Chapter 7).
Molecular weight, kg/mol (Chapter 2).
Ratio of the electrical force to frictional force per unit volume,
dimensionless, M = 2n∞ zeζDh2 /µ UL (Chapter 4).
M, N
ṁ
ṁ∗
ṁns
Ṅ
N−
Nconf
n1 , n2 , n3
Equation exponents, dimensionless (Chapter 3).
Molecular weight, g/mol (Chapter 7).
Molecular mass, kg (Chapter 2); liquid volume fraction,
dimensionless (Chapter 6); dimensionless constant in Eq. (6.57)
Mass flow rate, kg/s (Chapters 2, 3 and 5).
Mass flow rate, ṁ/ṁns , dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Mass flow rate for a no-slip flow, kg/s (Chapter 2).
Mach number, dimensionless, Ma = u/a (Chapter 2).
Avogadro’s number, 6.022137 · 1023 mol−1 (Chapter 2).
Molecular flux, s−1 (Chapter 2).
Non-dimensional positive species concentration (Chapter 4).
Non-dimensional negative species concentration
√ (Chapter 4).
σ/(g(ρ −ρ ))
Confinement number, dimensionless, Nconf =
Cellular uptake rate, mol/m s (Chapter 7).
Number density, m−3 (Chapter 2); number or number of channels,
dimensionless (Chapter 3); number of channels (Chapter 5);
constant in Eqs. (6.41) and (6.57) (Chapter 6); number (Chapter 7).
Constant in Eq. (6.21) (Chapter 6).
Number concentration of type-i ion (Chapter 4).
Bulk ionic concentration of type-i ions (Chapter 4).
Normal vector in the x direction (Chapter 4).
Nusselt number, dimensionless, Nu = hDh /k, (Chapters 1–3, 5 and 6).
Nusselt number under a constant heat flux boundary condition,
Nusselt number for high interfacial shear condensation, dimensionless
Average Nusselt number along a plate of length L, dimensionless
Nusselt number for quiescent vapor condensation, dimensionless
1/n
Nuo = (NunL1 ) + (NunT1 ) 1 (Chapter 6).
Nusselt number for a turbulent film, dimensionless (Chapter 6).
Nusselt number under a constant wall temperature boundary condition,
Combined Nusselt number, dimensionless, Nux = (Nuno2 ) + (Nuni 2 ) 2
Onset of nucleate boiling (Chapter 5).
Wetted perimeter, m (Chapter 2); dimensionless pressure (Chapter 4);
heated perimeter, m (Chapter 5); pressure, Pa (Chapter 6).
Wetted perimeter, m (Chapter 3).
Pressure, Pa (Chapters 1–3 and 5–7).
Reduced pressure, dimensionless (Chapter 6).
Peclét number, dimensionless, Pe = UH/D (Chapter 7).
Peclét number of fluid, dimensionless (Chapter 4).
Pr, Pr
qCHF
R1, R2
Rp,i
Re, Re
Re∗
Re+
ReDh
Reg,si
Rel,si
Poiseuille number, dimensionless, Po = f Re (Chapters 2 and 3).
Prandtl number, dimensionless, Pr = µcp /k (Chapters 2, 3, 5 and 6).
Heat load, W (Chapter 3).
Volumetric flow rate, m3 /s (Chapters 2, 3 and 7).
Heat flux vector, W/m2 (Chapter 2).
Heat flux, W/m2 , Chap. 2; dissipated power, W (Chapter 3); constant in
Volumetric flow rate per unit width, m2 /s (Chapter 7).
Oxygen uptake rate on a per-cell basis, mol/s (Chapter 7).
Heat flux, W/m2 (Chapters 5 and 6).
Gas constant (Chapter 1); upstream to downstream flow resistance,
Specific gas constant, J/kgK, R = cp − cv , (Chapter 2); radius, m (Chapter 6).
Universal gas constant, 8.314511 J/molK (Chapter 2).
Dimensionless pipe radius (Chapter 6).
Radii of curvature of fluid–liquid interface, m.
Mean profile peak height (Chapter 3); Pipette radius, m (Chapter 7).
Maximum profile peak height of individual roughness elements, m (Chapter 3).
Average maximum profile peak height of roughness elements, m (Chapter 3).
Distance between two molecular centers, m (Chapter 2); radial coordinate,
radius, radius of cavity, m (Chapters 2 and 4–7); constant in Eq. (6.60)
Bubble radius, m (Chapter 5).
Cavity radius, m (Chapter 5).
Inner radius of an annular microtube, m (Chapter 2).
Outer radius of annular microtube or a circular microtube radius,
m (Chapter 2).
Average surface roughness, m (Chapter 3).
Reynolds number, dimensionless, Re = GD/µ (Chapters 1–5 and 7).
Laminar equivalent Reynolds number, dimensionless, Re∗ = ρum Dle /µ
Friction Reynolds number, dimensionless (Chapter 6).
Reynolds number based on hydraulic diameter, dimensionless (Chapter 6).
Reynolds number, based on superficial gas velocity at the inlet,
Reynolds number, based on superficial liquid velocity at the inlet,
Liquid film Reynolds number, dimensionless, Rel = G(1 − x)D/µl (Chapter 6).
Mixture Reynolds number, dimensionless, Rem = GD/µm (Chapter 6).
Transitional Reynolds number, dimensionless (Chapter 3).
Mean spacing of profile irregularities in roughness elements, m (Chapter 3).
Slip ratio, dimensionless, S = UG /UL (Chapter 6).
Fin width or distance between channels, m (Chapter 3); constant in
Tsat
TSub
Tδ+
USL , VL,S
UGj , VGj
UGS, VG,S
uave
uz∗
u∗
uz0
vLV
Schmidt number, dimensionless, Sc = µ/(ρD) (Chapter 2).
Sherwood number, dimensionless, Sh = αH/D (Chapter 7).
Distance between two roughness element peaks, m (Chapter 3).
Stanton number, dimensionless, St = h/cp G (Chapter 3).
Temperature, K or ◦ C (Chapters 1–6).
Liquid surface temperature, K or ◦ C (Chapters 3 and 5); surface
temperature of tube wall, K or ◦ C (Chapter 6).
Saturation temperature, K or ◦ C (Chapters 5 and 6).
Wall superheat, K, TSat = TW − TSat (Chapter 5).
Liquid subcooling, K, TSub = TSat − TB (Chapter 5).
Dimensionless temperature in condensate film (Chapter 6).
Time, s (Chapters 2 and 7).
Uncertainty (Chapter 3); reference velocity, m/s (Chapter 4); potential,
such as gravity (Chapter 7); average velocity, m/s (Chapter 7).
Superficial liquid velocity, m/s (Chapter 6).
Drift velocity in drift flux model, m/s, vG = jG /α = Co j + VGj (Chapter 6).
Superficial gas velocity, m/s (Chapter 6).
Velocity, m/s (Chapters 2–4, 6 and 7).
Velocity vector, m/s (Chapter 2).
Average electroosmotic velocity, m/s (Chapter 4).
Mean axial velocity, m/s (Chapter 2).
Mean axial velocity, uz∗ = uz√
/uz0 , dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Friction velocity, m/s, u∗ = τi /ρl (Chapter 6).
Mean flow velocity, m/s (Chapters 3 and 5).
Relative velocity between a large gas bubble and liquid in the slug flow
regime, m/s, ur = uS − (jG + jL ) (Chapter 6).
Velocity of large gas bubble in slug flow regime, m/s (Chapter 6).
Maximum axial velocity with no-slip conditions, m/s (Chapter 2).
Overall heat transfer conductance, W/K (Chapter 6).
Voltage, V, (Chapter 3); velocity, m/s (Chapters 5 and 6).
Non-dimensional velocity, V = v/v0 (Chapter 4).
Average velocity of a liquid film, m/s (Chapter 6).
Zeroth-order uptake of oxygen by the hepatocytes (Chapter 7).
Velocity, m/s (Chapter 4).
Specific volume, v = 1/ρ, m3 /kg (Chapters 2 and 5); velocity, m/s
(Chapters 6 and 7).
Reference velocity, m/s (Chapter 4).
Difference between the specific volumes of the vapor and liquid phases,
m3 /kg, vLG = vG − vL (Chapter 5).
Maximum width, m (Chapters 3 and 4).
Weber number, dimensionless, We = LG 2 /ρσ (Chapter 5).
Weber number, dimensionless, We = ρVS2 D/σ (Chapter 6).
Cell density (Chapter 7).
Xtt
x∗ , y∗
x∗
z∗
Martinelli parameter, dimensionless, X = {(dp/dz)L /(dp/dz)G }1/2
Coordinate axes (Chapter 4).
Martinelli parameter for turbulent flow in the gas and liquid phases,
Mass quality, dimensionless (Chapters 5 and 6).
Position vector, m (Chapter 2).
Coordinate axes (Chapters 2–7); length (Chapter 6).
Cross-sectional coordinates, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Dimensionless version of x, x∗ = x/RePrDh (Chapter 3).
Dimensionless version of x, x+ = x/D
3).
Re (Chapter
F /dz)GO
Chisholm parameter, dimensionless, y = (dP
(dPF /dz)LO (Chapter 6).
Dimensionless parameter in Eq. 6.22 (Chapter 6).
Bubble height, m (Chapter 5).
Distance to bubble stagnation point from heated wall, m (Chapter 5).
Ohnesorge number, dimensionless, Z = µ/(ρLσ)1/2 (Chapter 5).
Heated length from the channel entrance, m (Chapter 5).
Axial coordinate, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Valence of type-i ions (Chapter 4).
Greek Symbols
α1 ; α2 ; α3
αc
αi
αr
β1 , β2 , β3
βA , βB
Convection heat transfer coefficient, W/m2 K (Chapter 2); coefficient in
the VSS molecular model, dimensionless (Chapter 2); aspect ratio,
dimensionless (Chapter 6); void fraction, dimensionless (Chapter 6).
Coefficients for the pressure distribution along a plane microchannel,
Channel aspect ratio, dimensionless, αc = a/b (Chapter 3).
Eigenvalues for the velocity distribution in a rectangular microchannel,
7.316
Radial void fraction, dimensionless, αr = 0.8372 + 1 − rrw
Coefficient in the VSS molecular model, dimensionless (Chapter 2); fin
spacing ratio, dimensionless, β = s/a (Chapter 3); angle with horizontal
(Chapter 5); homogeneous void fraction, dimensionless (Chapter 6);
velocity ratio, dimensionless (Chapter 6); multiplier to transition line,
dimensionless, β(F, X ) = constant, used by Sardesai et al. (1981)
Coefficients for the pressure distribution along a circular microtube,
Empirically derived transition points for the Kariyasaki et al. void
fraction correlation (Chapter 6).
Euler or gamma function (Chapter 2).
δ+
ε̄
εh
εm
εw
ς∗
ηf
θr
λb
λn
µn
Area ratio, dimensionless (Chapter 6); dimensionless length ratio,
γ = L/H (Chapter 7); Specific heat ratio, dimensionless,
γ = cp /cv (Chapter 2).
Pressure drop, Pa (Chapter 6).
Ratio of differential pressure between two system conditions
Pressure drop, pressure difference, Pa (Chapters 1–3, 5 and 7).
Temperature difference, K (Chapter 6).
Wall superheat, K, TSub = TSat − TB (Chapter 5).
Liquid subcooling, K, TSat = TW − TSat (Chapter 5).
Elapsed time, s (Chapter 4).
Quality change, dimensionless (Chapter 6).
Mean molecular spacing, m (Chapter 2); film thickness, m (Chapter 6).
Non-dimensional film thickness (Chapter 6).
Thermal boundary layer thickness, m (Chapter 5).
Average roughness, m (Chapter 3).
Dielectric constant of a solution (Chapter 4).
Dimensionless gap spacing (Chapter 7).
Turbulent thermal diffusivity, m2 /s (Chapter 6).
Momentum eddy diffusivity, m2 /s (Chapter 6).
Electrical permittivity of the solution (Chapter 4).
Zeta potential (Chapter 4).
Dimensionless zeta potential, ζ = zeζ/kb T (Chapter 4).
Second coefficient of viscosity or Lamé coefficient, kg/m s, (Chapter 2).
Temperature jump distance, m (Chapter 2).
Temperature jump distance, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Exponent in the inverse power law model, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Exponent in the Lennard-Jones potential, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Fin efficiency, dimensionless (Chapter 3).
Dimensionless surface charge density (Chapter 4); angle, degrees
Dimensionless time (Chapter 4).
Receding contact angle, degrees (Chapter 5).
Dimensionless Michaelis constant, κ = Km /C ∗ (Chapter 7).
Debye-Huckel parameter, m−1 , κ = (2n∞ z 2 e2 /εε0 kb T )1/2 (Chapter 4).
Constant in the inverse power law model, N mη (Chapter 2).
Constant in the Lennard-Jones potential, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Wavelength, m (Chapter 7); mean free path, m (Chapters 1 and 2);
dimensionless parameter, λ = µ2L /(ρL σDh ) (Chapter 6).
Bulk conductivity (Chapter 4).
Roots of the transcendental equation tan (λn ) = Sh/λn (Chapter 7).
Eigenvalues (Chapter 4).
Dynamic viscosity, kg/ms (Chapters 1–7).
Mobility (Chapter 4).
µH
ξ∗
ρe
ρm
ρTP
σT
τi
τi∗
τm
τW
φm
ϕi
φL
ψh
Homogeneous dynamic viscosity, kg/ms, µH = βµG + (1 − β)µL
Mixture dynamic viscosity, kg/ms, 1/µm = x/µG + (1 − x)/µL
Collision rate, s (Chapter 2).
Coefficient of slip, m (Chapter 2).
Coefficient of slip, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Inlet over outlet pressures ratio, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Density, kg/m3 (Chapters 1–7).
Local net charge density per unit volume (Chapter 4).
Mixture density, kg/m3 , 1/ρm = (1/ρl (1 − x) + (1/ρv )x) (Chapter 6).
Two-phase mixture density, kg/m3 , ρTP = ρxG + 1−x
Viscous stress tensor, Pa (Chapter 2); Area ratio, dimensionless (Chapter 3);
surface charge density (Chapter 4); surface tension, N/m (Chapter 5);
fractional saturation, s = C/C ∗ (Chapter 7); cell membrane permeability
to oxygen (Chapter 7).
Tangential momentum accommodation coefficient, dimensionless (Chapter 2);
surface tension, N/m (Chapter 6).
Stress tensor, Pa (Chapter 2).
Contraction area ratio (header to channel, >1), dimensionless (Chapter 5).
Expansion area ratio (channel to header, <1), dimensionless (Chapter 5).
Thermal accommodation coefficient, dimensionless (Chapter 2).
Total collision cross-section, m2 (Chapter 2).
Dimensionless time (Chapter 4); shear stress, Pa (Chapters 6 and 7); time scale, s
Characteristic time for QGD and QHD equations, s (Chapter 2).
Shear stress at vapor–liquid interface, Pa (Chapter 6).
Dimensionless shear stress, Pa (Chapter 6).
Shear stress due to momentum change, Pa (Chapter 6).
Frictional wall shear stress, Pa (Chapters 2, 3 and 6).
Average wall shear, Pa (Chapter 2).
Intermolecular potential, J (Chapter 2); ratio of the characteristic diffusion
time to the characteristic cellular oxygen uptake time, dimensionless
(Chapter 7); velocity potential, m (Chapter 7).
Angle, degrees (Chapter 6).
Dimensionless electric field strength (Chapter 4).
Two-phase friction multiplier, dimensionless, φL2 = pf ,TP / pf ,L , ratio of
two-phase frictional pressure drop against frictional pressure drop of liquid
flow (Chapters 5 and 6).
Electrical potential (Chapter 4); dimensionless parameter,
ψ = (σw /σ) µL /µW (ρW /ρL )2
Two-phase homogeneous flow multiplier, dimensionless (Chapter 5).
ψj
ψs , ψS
Two-phase separated flow multiplier, dimensionless (Chapters 5 and 6).
Dimensionless double layer potential (Chapter 4).
Dimensionless frequency (Chapter 4). Correction parameter used in
Eqs. (6.52) and (6.53) (Chapter 6).
Angular speed or vorticity, rad/s (Chapter 7); frequency, Hz (Chapter 4);
temperature exponent of the coefficient of viscosity, dimensionless
Subscripts
1-ph
BGKB
c, cr, crit
Lowest boundary condition (Chapters 4 and 7).
Single phase (Chapter 5).
Air, acceleration, ambient (Chapter 5); air (Chapter 6).
Augmented Burnett equations (Chapter 2).
Annular (Chapter 6).
Flow in an annular microduct (Chapter 2).
Apparent (Chapter 3).
Average (Chapter 4).
Average (Chapters 5 and 7).
Bulk (Chapter 5); gas bubble (Chapter 6).
Burnett equations, (Chapter 2).
Bubble (Chapter 5); bulk (Chapter 3).
Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook-Burnett equations (Chapter 2).
Critical condition (Chapters 3, 5 and 6).
Channel or in a single channel (Chapter 3); cavity mouth (Chapter 5);
entrance contraction (Chapter 5).
Calculated based on a flow diameter constricted by roughness elements
(Dcf ) (Chapter 3).
Convective boiling dominant (Chapter 5).
Critical heat flux (Chapter 5).
Flow in a circular microtube (Chapter 2).
Constant (Chapter 4).
Constant property (Chapter 3).
Critical (Chapter 5).
Euler equations (Chapter 2).
Outlet expansion, exit (Chapter 5).
Electroosmostic (Chapter 4).
Electrophoretic (Chapter 4).
Set of equations (Chapter 2).
Equivalent (Chapter 6).
Experimental (Chapter 3).
Frictional (Chapter 5).
f/d
in, i
Fluid (Chapter 3).
Fluid (Chapters 1, 3 and 4); frictional (Chapters 5 and 6); flooded
Film-bubble region (Chapter 6).
Fully developed (Chapter 3).
Gas (Chapter 6).
Gas (Chapters 6 and 7).
Gravitational (Chapters 5 and 6).
Generalized hard sphere (Chapter 2).
Refers to Gnielinski’s correlation (Chapter 3).
Homogeneous (Chapter 6).
Hydraulic (Chapter 6).
Boundary condition with constant circumferential wall temperature and
axial heat flux (Chapter 3).
Boundary condition with constant wall heat flux, both circumferentially
and axially (Chapter 3).
Heterogeneous solution (Chapter 4).
Homogeneous solution (Chapter 4).
Hard spheres (Chapter 2).
Species number (Chapters 4 and 7); vapor–liquid interface (Chapter 6).
Inlet (Chapters 2, 3, 5 and 7).
Liquid (Chapters 5 and 6).
Liquid (Chapter 6).
Gas-superficial (Chapter 6).
Liquid-superficial (Chapter 6).
Entire flow as liquid (Chapters 5 and 6).
Liquid-vapor (Chapter 6).
Momentum (Chapter 5).
Maxwell model (Chapter 2).
Mean (Chapter 3).
Maximum (Chapters 4 and 5).
Minimum (Chapter 5).
Maxwell molecules (Chapter 2).
Normal direction (Chapter 2).
Nucleate boiling dominant (Chapter 5).
Navier-Stokes equations (Chapter 2).
No-slip (Chapter 2).
Out, outlet (Chapters 2 and 3).
Flow between plane parallel plates (Chapter 2).
Quasi-gasodynamic equations (Chapter 2).
Quasi-hydrodynamic equations (Chapter 2).
Radial coordinate, radius, m (Chapter 4).
Flow in a rectangular Microchannel (Chapter 2).
Sat, sat
W, w
x, y
Surface tension (Chapter 5).
Stagnation (Chapter 5); superficial (Chapter 6); liquid slug (Chapter 6).
Surface (Chapter 3); spherical (Chapter 7).
Tangential direction (Chapter 2).
Saturation at system or local pressure (Chapters 5 and 6).
Shear (Chapter 6).
Stratified (Chapter 6).
Subcooled, subcooling (Chapter 5).
Sampling volume (Chapter 2).
Two-phase mixture (Chapter 6).
Total (Chapter 3); turbulent (Chapter 6).
Theoretical (Chapter 3).
Two-phase (Chapter 5).
Transition regime (Chapter 6).
Unflooded (Chapter 6).
Unit cell (Chapter 6).
Vapor (Chapter 5).
Vapor phase (Chapter 6).
Variable hard spheres (Chapter 2).
Variable soft spheres (Chapter 2).
Wall, heated surface (Chapter 5).
Fluid at the wall (Chapter 2); at the wall (Chapter 3); wall (Chapter 6).
Wall (Chapter 2).
Local value at a location or as a function of the co-ordinates
Cross-sectional coordinates (Chapter 2).
Axial coordinate (Chapter 2).
Standard conditions (Chapter 2); reference value (Chapter 2).
First-order boundary conditions (Chapter 2).
Second-order boundary conditions (Chapter 2).
Infinity (Chapter 4).
Superscripts
+, −
Charge designation (Chapter 4).
Dimensionless parameters (Chapter 6).
Dimensionless parameters (Chapters 2–4, 6 and 7).
∇
∇˜
Nabla function (Chapter 2).
Dimensionless gradient operator (Chapter 4).
Averaged quantities (Chapter 7).
Mechanical Engineering Department, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA
Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Surgery, University of Rochester,
1.1. Need for smaller flow passages
Fluid flow inside channels is at the heart of many natural and man-made systems. Heat and
mass transfer is accomplished across the channel walls in biological systems, such as the
brain, lungs, kidneys, intestines, blood vessels, etc., as well as in many man-made systems,
such as heat exchangers, nuclear reactors, desalination units, air separation units, etc.
In general, the transport processes occur across the channel walls, whereas the bulk flow
takes place through the cross-sectional area of the channel. The channel cross-section thus
serves as a conduit to transport fluid to and away from the channel walls.
A channel serves to accomplish two objectives: (i) bring a fluid into intimate contact
with the channel walls and (ii) bring fresh fluid to the walls and remove fluid away from the
walls as the transport process is accomplished. The rate of the transport process depends
on the surface area, which varies with the diameter D for a circular tube, whereas the
flow rate depends on the cross-sectional area, which varies linearly with D2 . Thus, the
tube surface area to volume ratio varies as 1/D. Clearly, as the diameter decreases, surface
area to volume ratio increases. In the human body, two of the most efficient heat and mass
transfer processes occur inside the lung and the kidney, with the flow channels approaching
capillary dimensions of around 4 µm.
Figure 1.1 shows the ranges of channel dimensions employed in various systems.
Interestingly, the biological systems with mass transport processes employ much smaller
dimensions, whereas larger channels are used for fluid transportation. From an engineering
standpoint, there has been a steady shift from larger diameters, on the order of 10–20 mm,
E-mail: sgkeme@rit.edu; mike_king@urmc.rochester.edu
Compact heat
Henle’s
Tubules
evaporators/
Large veins
and arteries
Alveolar Alveolar
250 µm
2.5 µm
Fig. 1.1. Ranges of channel diameters employed in various applications, Kandlikar and Steinke (2003).
to smaller diameter channels. Since the dimensions of interest are in the range of a few
tens or hundreds of micrometers, usage of the term “microscale” has become an accepted
classifier for science and engineering associated with processes at this scale.
As the channel size becomes smaller, some of the conventional theories for (bulk) fluid,
energy, and mass transport need to be revisited for validation. There are two fundamental
elements responsible for departure from the “conventional” theories at microscale. For
example, differences in modeling fluid flow in small diameter channels may arise as a
result of:
(a) a change in the fundamental process, such as a deviation from the continuum assumption for gas flow, or an increased influence of some additional forces, such as
electrokinetic forces, etc.;
(b) uncertainty regarding the applicability of empirical factors derived from experiments
conducted at larger scales, such as entrance and exit loss coefficients for fluid flow in
pipes, etc., or
(c) uncertainty in measurements at microscale, including geometrical dimensions and
operating parameters.
In this book, the potential changes in fundamental processes are discussed in detail, and
the needs for experimental validation of empirical constants and correlations are identified
if they are not available for small diameter channels.
1.2. Flow channel classification
Channel classification based on hydraulic diameter is intended to serve as a simple guide
for conveying the dimensional range under consideration. Channel size reduction has
different effects on different processes. Deriving specific criteria based on the process
parameters may seem to be an attractive option, but considering the number of processes
and parameters that govern transitions from regular to microscale phenomena (if present),
a simple dimensional classification is generally adopted in literature. The classification
Channel dimensions for different types of flow for gases at one atmospheric pressure.
Channel dimensions (µm)
Slip flow
Free molecular
0.0067–0.67
<0.0067
Channel classification scheme.
Conventional channels
>3 mm
Minichannels
Transitional Microchannels
Transitional Nanochannels
3 mm ≥ D > 200 µm
200 µm ≥ D > 10 µm
10 µm ≥ D > 1 µm
1 µm ≥ D > 0.1 µm
Nanochannels
0.1 µm ≥ D
D: smallest channel dimension
proposed by Mehendale et al. (2000) divided the range from 1 to 100 µm as microchannels,
100 µm to 1 mm as meso-channels, 1 to 6 mm as compact passages, and greater than 6 mm
as conventional passages.
Kandlikar and Grande (2003) considered the rarefaction effect of common gases at
atmospheric pressure. Table 1.1 shows the ranges of channel dimensions that would fall
under different flow types.
In biological systems, the flow in capillaries occurs at very low Reynolds numbers. A
different modeling approach is needed in such cases. Also, the influence of electrokinetic
forces begins to play an important role. Two-phase flow in channels below 10 µm remains
unexplored. The earlier channel classification scheme of Kandlikar and Grande (2003) is
slightly modified, and a more general scheme based on the smallest channel dimension is
presented in Table 1.2.
In Table 1.2, D is the channel diameter. In the case of non-circular channels, it is recommended that the minimum channel dimension; for example, the short side of a rectangular
cross-section should be used in place of the diameter D. We will use the above classification scheme for defining minichannels and microchannels. This classification scheme
is essentially employed for ease in terminology; the applicability of continuum theory or
slip flow conditions for gas flow needs to be checked for the actual operating conditions
in any channel.
1.3. Basic heat transfer and pressure drop considerations
The effect of hydraulic diameter on heat transfer and pressure drop is illustrated in Figs. 1.2
and 1.3 for water and air flowing in a square channel under constant heat flux and fully
Heat transfer coefficient (W/m2 -k)
Hydraulic diameter (side) of a square channel (µm)
Fig. 1.2. Variation of the heat transfer coefficient with channel size for fully developed laminar flow of air
developed laminar flow conditions. The heat transfer coefficient h is unaffected by the flow
Reynolds number (Re) in the fully developed laminar region. It is given by:
h = Nu
where k is the thermal conductivity of the fluid and Dh is the hydraulic diameter of the
channel. The Nusselt number (Nu) for fully developed laminar flow in a square channel
under constant heat flux conditions is 3.61. Figure 1.2 shows the variation of h for flow
of water and air with channel hydraulic diameter under these conditions. The dramatic
enhancement in h with a reduction in channel size is clearly demonstrated.
On the other hand, the friction factor f varies inversely with Re, since the product f · Re
remains constant during fully developed laminar flow. The frictional pressure drop per unit
length for the flow of an incompressible fluid is given by:
2 f G2
ρD
where pf /L is the frictional pressure gradient, f is the Fanning friction factor, G is the
mass flux, and ρ is the fluid density. For fully developed laminar flow, we can write:
f · Re = C
where Re is the Reynolds number, Re = GDh /µ, and C is a constant, C = 14.23 for a square
channel.
Figure 1.3 shows the variation of pressure gradient with the channel size for a square
channel with G = 200 kg/m2 s, and for air and water assuming incompressible flow conditions. These plots are for illustrative purposes only, as the above assumptions may not be
Pressure gradient (Pa/m)
1.00E08
Fig. 1.3. Variation of pressure gradient with channel size for fully developed laminar flow of air and water.
valid for the flow of air, especially in smaller diameter channels. It is seen from Fig. 1.3
that the pressure gradient increases dramatically with a reduction in the channel size.
The balance between the heat transfer rate and pressure drop becomes an important
issue in designing the coolant flow passages for the high-flux heat removal encountered
in microprocessor chip cooling. These issues are addressed in detail in Chapter 3 under
single-phase liquid cooling.
1.4. Special demands of microscale biological applications
The use of minichannels, microchannels, and microfluidics in general is becoming increasingly important to the biomedical community. However, the transport and manipulation of
living cells and biological macromolecules place increasingly critical demands on maintaining system conditions within acceptable ranges. For instance, human cells require an
environment of 37◦ C and a pH = 7.4 to ensure their continued viability. If these parameter
values stray more than 10% then cell death will result. All protein molecules themselves
have preferred pH environments, and large variations from this can cause (sometimes
irreversible) denaturation and loss of biological activity due to unfolding.
High temperatures can also cause irreversible protein denaturation. However, in a polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, the rapid cycling (∼1 min/cycle) of temperature between
94◦ C and 54◦ C for 30–40 cycles is necessary to induce repeated denaturation and annealing of DNA chains. Here, the microchannel geometry can be exploited due to the ease
of changing the temperature of small liquid volumes, and in fact thermally driven natural
convection can be used to achieve such temperature cycles (Krishnan et al., 2002).
Additionally, the concentrations of solutes, such as dissolved gases, nutrients, and
metabolic products, must be maintained within specified tolerances to ensure cell proliferation in microchannel bioreactors. Finally, local shear stresses can be critical in
suspensions of biological particles. For instance, many cell types such as blood platelets
become activated to a highly adhesive state upon exposure to elevated shear stresses above
10 dynes/cm2 . Endothelial cells, which line the cardiovascular system, require a certain
level of laminar shear stress on their luminal surface (≥0.5 dynes/cm2 ) or else they will not
align themselves properly and can express surface receptor molecules which induce chronic
inflammation. At much higher shear stresses such as 1500 dynes/cm2 , as can be produced
around sharp corners for very high liquid flow rates, red blood cells are known to “lyse”
or rupture. This is especially critical when designing artificial blood pumps or implantable
replacement valves. All of these concerns must be separately addressed when developing new microscale flow applications for the transport and manipulation of biological
Microchannels are found in many biological systems where extremely efficient heat and
mass transfer processes occur, such as lungs and kidneys. The channel size classification
is based on observations of many different processes, but its use is mainly in arriving
at a common terminology. The heat and mass transfer rates in small diameter channels
are also associated with a high pressure drop penalty for fluid flow. The fundamentals of
microchannels and minichannels in various applications are presented in this book.
1.6. Practice problems
Problem 1.1 Calculate the heat and mass transfer coefficients for airflow in a human
lung at various branches. Assume fully developed laminar flow conditions. Comment on
the differences between this idealized case and the realistic flow conditions.
Hint: Consult a basic anatomy book for the dimensions of the airflow passages and flow
rates, and a heat and mass transfer book for laminar fully developed Nusselt number
and Sherwood number in a circular tube.
Problem 1.2 Calculate the Knudsen number for flow of helium flowing at a pressure of
1 millitorr (1 torr = 1 mmHg) in 0.1-, 1-, 10-, and 100-mm diameter tubes. What type of
flow model is applicable for each case?
Hint: Knudsen
√ √ number is given by Kn = λ/Dh , and the mean free path λ is given by
λ = (µ π/ρ 2RT ), where µ is the fluid viscosity, ρ is the fluid density, T is the absolute
temperature, and R is the gas constant.
Problem 1.3 Calculate the pressure drop for flow of water in a 15-mm long 100-µm
circular microchannel flowing at a temperature of 300 K and with a flow Reynolds number
of (a) 10, (b) 100, and (c) 1000. Also calculate the corresponding water flow rates in kg/s
and ml/min.
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SINGLE-PHASE GAS FLOW IN MICROCHANNELS
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulouse,
31077 Toulouse, France
Microfluidics is a rather young research field, born in the early eighties. Its older relative
fluidics was in fashion in the sixties to seventies. Fluidics seems to have started in USSR in
1958, then developed in USA and Europe first for military purposes with civil applications
appearing later. At that time, fluidics was mainly concerned with inner gas flows in devices
involving millimetric or sub-millimetric sizes. These devices were designed to perform
the same actions (amplification, logic operations, diode effects, etc.) as their electric
counterparts. The idea was to design pneumatically, in place of electrically, supplied
computers. The main applications were the concern of the spatial domain, for which
electric power overload was indeed an issue due to the electric components of the time that
generated excessive magnetic fields and dissipated too much thermal energy to be safe
in a confined space. Most of the fluidic devices were etched in a substrate, by means of
conventional machining techniques, or by insolation techniques applied on specific resins
where masks protected the parts to preserve. The rapid development of microelectronics
put a sudden end to pneumatic computers, but these two decades were particularly useful
to enhance our knowledge about gas flows in minichannels or mini pneumatic devices.
As microfluidics concerns smaller sizes – the inner sizes of Micro-Electro-MechanicalSystems (MEMS) – new issues have to be considered in order to accurately model gas
microflows. These issues are mainly due to rarefaction effects, which typically must be
taken into account when characteristic lengths are of the order of 1 µm, under usual
temperature and pressure conditions.
In this chapter, the role of rarefaction is explained and its consequences on the behavior of gas flows in microchannels are detailed. The main theoretical and experimental
results from the literature about pressure-driven, steady or pulsed gas microflows are summarized. Heat transfer in microchannels and thermally driven gas microflows are also
described. They are particularly interesting for vacuum generation, using microsystems
without moving parts.
E-mail: stephane.colin@insa-toulouse.fr
2.1. Rarefaction and wall effects in microflows
In microfluidics, theoretical knowledge for gas flows is currently more advanced than
that for liquid flows (Colin, 2004). Concerning the gases, the issues are actually more
clearly identified: the main micro-effect that results from shrinking down the devices size
is rarefaction. This allows us to exploit the strong, although not complete analogy between
microflows and low pressure flows that has been extensively studied for more than 50 years
and particularly for aerospace applications.
2.1.1. Gas at the molecular level
2.1.1.1. Microscopic length scales
Modeling gas microflows requires us to take into account several characteristic length
scales. At the molecular level, we may consider the mean molecular diameter d, the mean
molecular spacing δ and the mean free path λ (Fig. 2.1).
The mean free path is the average distance traveled by a molecule between two consecutive collisions, in a frame moving with the stream speed of the gas. If we consider
a simple gas, that is a gas consisting of a single chemical species with molecules having
the same structure, then the mean free path depends on their mean diameter d and on the
number density:
n = δ−3
and the inverse 1/n represents the mean volume available for one molecule.
For example, a gas in standard conditions (i.e. for a temperature T0 = 273.15 K and a
pressure p0 = 1.013 × 105 Pa), has about 27 million molecules in a cube of 1 µm in width
(n0 = 2.687 × 1025 /m3 and δ0 = 3.34 nm) and in the case of air for which d0 ≈ 0.42 nm,
the mean free path is λ0 ≈ 49 nm. When compared to the case of liquid water, the mean
Fig. 2.1. Main characteristic length scales to take into account at the molecular level.
Chapter 2. Single-phase gas flow in microchannels
molecular diameter of each are nearly equal, but the mean molecular spacing is about
10 times smaller and the mean free path is 105 times smaller than air!
2.1.1.2. Binary intermolecular collisions in dilute simple gases
Gases that satisfy
are said to be dilute gases. In that case, most of the intermolecular interactions are binary
collisions. Conversely, if Eq. (2.2) is not verified, the gas is said to be a dense gas. The
dilute gas approximation, along with the equipartition of energy principle, leads to the
classic kinetic theory and the Boltzmann transport equation.
With this approximation, the mean free path of the molecules may be expressed as the
ratio of the mean thermal velocity c to the collision rate ν:
λ=
8RT /π
The thermal velocity c of a molecule is the difference between its total velocity c and
√ macroscopic velocity u of the flow (cf. Section 2.1.2), and its mean value
c = 8RT /π, which depends on the temperature T and on the specific gas constant R,
is calculated from the Boltzmann equation. The estimation of the collision rate and consequently of the mean free path depends on the model chosen for describing the elastic
binary collision between two molecules. Such a model also allows estimation of the total
collision cross-section
σt = πd 2
in the collision plane and the mean molecular diameter d (Fig. 2.2), as well as the dynamic
viscosity µ as a function of the temperature.
A collision model generally requires the definition of the force F exerted between the
two considered molecules. This force is actually repulsive at short distances and weakly
attractive at large distances. Different approximated models are proposed to describe this
force. The more classic one is the so-called inverse power law (IPL) model or point center
st pd 2
Fig. 2.2. Total collision cross-section in the collision plane.
of repulsion model (Bird, 1998). It only takes into account the repulsive part of the force
and assumes that
F = |F| = η
This derives from an intermolecular potential
φ=
(η − 1)r η−1
where κ, as well as the exponent η have a constant value and r denotes the distance between
the two molecules centers. Using the Chapman–Enskog theory, this model leads to a law
of viscosity in the form
µ = µ0
ω=
η+3
2(η − 1)
The collision rate may be deduced as (Lengrand and Elizarova, 2004)
−ω
ν=4
ω− 12
− ω nσt0
2 −ω
where ( j) = 0 x j−1 exp (−x)dx is the Euler, or gamma function and T0 is a reference
temperature for which the total collision cross-section σt0 is calculated. From Eq. (2.3),
we can see that the mean free path
λ= √
ω− 12 5
2 2 −ω
2 − ω nσt0
is proportional to T ω− 2 and inversely proportional to the number density n.
The simplest collision model is the hard sphere (HS) model, which assumes that the
total collision cross-section σt is constant and for which the viscosity is proportional to
the square root of the temperature. Actually, the HS model may be described from the IPL
with the exponent η → ∞ and ω = 1/2.
Bird, who proposed the variable hard sphere (VHS) model for applications to the Monte
Carlo method (DSMC, cf. Section 2.2.4.2), has improved the HS model. The VHS model
may be considered as a HS model with a diameter d that is a function of the relative velocity
between the two colliding molecules. The Chapman–Enskog method leads to a viscosity
µVHS
15 m πRT
=
8 52 − ω
2 − ω σt0
which verifies Eq. (2.7) and where m is the molecular mass. By eliminating σt0 between
Eqs. (2.9) or (2.10) and (2.11) and noting that ( j + 1) = j( j), the mean free path and
the collision rate for a VHS model may be expressed as functions of the viscosity and the
νVHS =
ρRT
µ (7 − 2ω)(5 − 2ω)
2(7 − 2ω)(5 − 2ω)
λVHS = √
ρ 2πRT
with ρ = mn as the local density.
Another classic model is the Maxwell molecules (MM) model. It is a special case of the
IPL model with η = 5 and ω = 1. Actually, the HS and the MM models may be considered as
the limits of the more realistic VHS model, since real molecules generally have a behavior
which corresponds to an intermediate value 1/2 ≤ ω ≤ 1. Another expression is frequently
encountered in the literature: for example,
√ Karniadakis
√ and Beskok (2002) or Nguyen
and Wereley (2002) use the formula λM = π/2µ/(ρ RT ) proposed by Maxwell in 1879
(Eq. (2.57)).
Other binary collision models based on the IPL assumption are described in the literature. Koura and Matsumoto (1991; 1992) introduced the variable soft sphere (VSS) model,
which differs from the VHS model by a different expression of the deflection angle taken
by the molecule after a collision. The VSS model leads to a correction of the mean free
path and the collision rate values:
λVSS = βλVHS
νVSS =
νVHS
where β = 6α/[(α + 1)(α + 2)] and the value of α is generally between 1 and 2 (Bird, 1998).
Thus, the correction introduced by the VSS model in the mean free path and in the collision
rate remains limited, less than 3%. For α = 1, the VSS model reduces to the VHS model.
Finally, some models can take into account the long-range attractive part of the force
between two molecules by adding a uniform attractive potential (square-well model), or
an IPL attractive component (Sutherland, Hassé and Cook or Lennard–Jones potential
models) to the HS model. For example, the Lennard–Jones potential is
(η − 1)r η −1
and the widely used Lennard–Jones 12-6 model corresponds to η = 13 and η = 7. The
generalized hard sphere (GHS) model (Hassan and Hash, 1993) is a generalized model
that combines the computational simplicity of the VHS model and the accuracy of complicated attractive–repulsive interaction potentials. More recently, the variable sphere (VS)
molecular model proposed by Matsumoto (2002) provides consistency for diffusion and
viscosity coefficients with those of any realistic intermolecular potential.
Mean free path, dynamic viscosity, and collision rate for classic IPL collision models.
rη
λ = k2 √
ρ RT
√ ≈ 1.277
5 2π
(7 − 2ω)(5 − 2ω)
15 2π
µ ∝ Tω
ν = k1
5(α + 1)(α + 2)
α(7 − 2ω)(5 − 2ω)
≈ 0.798
4 α(7 − 2ω)(5 − 2ω)
5(α + 1)(α + 2) 2π
Table 2.1 resumes the relationships between the collision rate, the mean free path, the
viscosity, the density and the temperature for classic IPL collision models. As the mean
free path λ is an important parameter for the simulation of gas microflows (cf. Section
2.1.2), we should be careful when comparing some theoretical results from the literature
and verify
√ from which model λ has been calculated. Note
√ that for the formula of Maxwell,
k2,M = π/2 is 2% lower than the value k2,HS = 16/(5 2π) obtained from a HS model.
Equation (2.11) is also interesting because it allows estimation of the mean molecular
diameter d from viscosity data and a VHS model. Table 2.2 gives the value of d for
different gases under standard conditions, obtained by Bird (1998), from a VHS or a VSS
hypothesis. The ratio δ0 /d is calculated for the mean value d of dVHS and dVSS . For any
gas, we can see that the condition (2.2) is roughly verified and the different gases can
reasonably be considered as dilute gases under standard conditions. However, the dilute
gas approximation will be better for He than for SO2 .
2.1.2. Continuum assumption and thermodynamic equilibrium
When applicable, the continuum assumption is very convenient since it erases the molecular
discontinuities, by averaging the microscopic quantities on a small sampling volume. All
macroscopic quantities of interest in classic fluid mechanics (density ρ, velocity u, pressure
p, temperature T , etc.) are assumed to vary continuously from point to point within the flow.
For example, if we consider an air flow in a duct, for which the macroscopic velocity
varies from 0 to 1 m/s and is parallel to the axis of the duct, the velocity of a molecule is
of the order of 1 km/s and may take any direction. Similar considerations also concern the
other mechanical and thermodynamic quantities.
In order to respect the continuum assumption, the microscopic fluctuations should
not generate significant fluctuations of the averaged quantities. Consequently, the size of a
representative sampling volume must be large enough to erase the microscopic fluctuations,
but it must also be small enough to point out the macroscopic variations, such as velocity or
Molecular weight, dynamic viscosity and mean molecular diameters under standard conditions (p0 = 1.013 ×
105 Pa and T0 = 273.15 K) estimated from a VHS or a VSS model (data from Bird (1998)) with corresponding
values of the ratio δ0 /d.
M × 103
(kg/mol)
µ0 × 107
(N-s/m2 )
dVHS (pm)
dVSS (pm)
δ0 /d
Sea level air
N2 O
Macroscopic variations
Microscopic fluctuations
sampling volume
Fig. 2.3. The existence of a representative sampling volume (shaded area) is necessary for the continuum
assumption to be valid.
pressure gradients of interest in the control volume (Fig. 2.3). If the shaded area on Fig. 2.3
does not exist, the sampling volume is not representative and the continuum assumption
is not valid.
It may be considered that sampling a volume containing 10,000 molecules leads to
1% statistical fluctuations in the macroscopic quantities (Karniadakis and Beskok, 2002).
Such a fluctuation level needs a sampling volume which characteristic length lSV verifies
lSV /δ = 104/3 ≈ 22. Consequently, the control volume must have a much higher characteristic length L, that is
104/3
so that the statistical fluctuations can be neglected. For example, for air at standard conditions, the value of lSV corresponding to 1% statistical fluctuations is 72 nm. This is
comparable to the value of the mean free path λ0 = 49 nm.
Moreover, the continuum approach requires that the sampling volume is in thermodynamic equilibrium. For the thermodynamic equilibrium to be respected, the frequency of
the intermolecular collisions inside the sampling volume must be high enough. This implies
that the mean free path λ = c /ν must be small compared with the characteristic length lSV
of the sampling volume, itself being small compared with the characteristic length L of
the control volume. As a consequence, the thermodynamic equilibrium requires that
This ratio
Kn =
is called the Knudsen number and it plays a very important role in gaseous microflows
(see Section 2.1.3). If λ is obtained from an IPL collision model,
λ = k2 µ/ρ RT
with k2 given by Table 2.1, and the Knudsen number can be related to the Reynolds number
Re =
ρuL
and the Mach number
Ma =
by the relationship
√ Ma
Kn = k2 γ
√ γ is the ratio of the specific heats of the gas and a, the local speed of sound, with
a = γRT for an ideal gas (Anderson, 1990), which is verified for a dilute gas (cf. Section 2.2.1). Equation (2.22) shows the link between rarefaction (characterized by Kn) and
compressibility (characterized by Ma) effects, the latter having to be taken into account
if Ma > 0.3.
The limits that correspond to Eqs. (2.2), (2.16) and (2.17), with the indicative values
(δ/d = 7, L/δ = 100 and λ/L = 0.1) proposed by Bird (Bird, 1998), are shown in Fig. 2.4. In
this figure, the mean free path has been estimated with an HS model, for which Eq. (2.10)
can be written using Eq. (2.4) and ω = 1/2, in the form
λHS = √
2πd 2
Thus λ/L = (δ/d)3 (d/L)(1/ 2π) and the thermodynamic equilibrium limit λ/L = 0.1 is
a straight line with a slope equal to –3 in the log–log plot of Fig. 2.4.
2.1.3. Rarefaction and Knudsen analogy
It is now clear that the similitude between low pressure and confined flows is not complete,
since the Knudsen number is not the only parameter to take into account (cf. Fig. 2.4.).
Dilute gas
Dense gas
fluctuations
L/d
d/d 7
d/d
Fig. 2.4. Limits of the main approximations for the modeling of gas microflows (from Bird (1998)).
However, it is convenient to differentiate the flow regimes in function of Kn, and the
following classification, although tinged with empiricism, is usually accepted:
For Kn < 10−3, the flow is a continuum flow (C) and it is accurately modeled by the
compressible Navier–Stokes equations with classical no-slip boundary conditions.
For 10−3 < Kn < 10−1, the flow is a slip flow (S) and the Navier–Stokes equations remain
applicable, provided a velocity slip and a temperature jump are taken into account at
the walls. These new boundary conditions point out that rarefaction effects become
sensitive at the wall first.
For 10−1 < Kn < 10, the flow is a transition flow (T) and the continuum approach of
the Navier–Stokes equations is no longer valid. However, the intermolecular collisions
are not yet negligible and should be taken into account.
For Kn > 10, the flow is a free molecular flow (M) and the occurrence of intermolecular
collisions is negligible compared with the one of collisions between the gas molecules
and the walls.
These different regimes will be detailed in the following sections. Their limits are
only indicative and could vary from one case to another, partly because the choice of the
characteristic length L is rarely unique. For flows in channels, L is generally the hydraulic
diameter or the depth of the channel. In complex geometrical configurations, it is generally
preferable to define L from local gradients (e.g. of the density ρ: L = 1/|∇ρ/ρ|) rather
than from simple geometrical considerations (Gad-el-Hak, 1999); the Knudsen number
based on this characteristic length is the so-called local rarefaction number (Lengrand and
Elizarova, 2004). Figure 2.5 locates these different regimes for air in standard conditions.
For comparison, the cases or helium and sulphur dioxide are also represented. For SO2 ,
the dilute gas assumption is less valid than for air and He, and the binary intermolecular
collision models described in Section 2.1.1.2 could be inaccurate. The shaded area roughly
represents the domain of validity for classic gas flow models (C).
The relationship with the characteristic length L expressed in micrometers is illustrated
in Fig. 2.6, which shows the typical ranges covered by fluidic microsystems described
in the literature. Typically, most of the microsystems which use gases work in the slip
flow regime, or in the early transition regime. In simple configurations, such flows can
be analytically or semi-analytically modeled. The core of the transition regime relates
to more specific flows that involve lengths under 100 nanometers, as it is the case for a
Couette flow between a hard disk and a read–write head. In that regime, the only theoretical
models are molecular models that require numerical simulations. Finally, under the effect
of both low pressures and small dimensions, more rarefied regimes can occur, notably
inside microsystems dedicated to vacuum generation.
2.1.4. Wall effects
We have seen that initial deviations from the classic continuum models appear when we
shrink down the characteristic length L of the flow with respect to the boundary conditions.
It is logical that the first sources of thermodynamic disequilibria appear on the boundary
because at the wall there are fewer interactions between the gas molecules than in the core
of the flow.
Standard conditions for He
Fig. 2.5. Gas flow regimes as a function of the Knudsen number.
Free molecular flow (M)
Microvalves
Transitional flow (T)
Micronozzles
Microflow
Slip flow (S)
Continuum flow (C)
L (µm)
Fig. 2.6. Gas flow regimes for usual microsystems (from Karniadakis and Beskok (2002)).
Actually, the walls play a crucial role in gas microflows. First, shrinking system sizes
results in an increase of surface over volume effects. It is interesting for heat transfer
enhancement, but it also requires an excellent knowledge of the velocity, as well as the
temperature and boundary conditions. The velocity slip and the temperature jump observed
at the wall in the slip flow regime strongly depend on the nature and on the state of the
wall, in relation to the nature of the gas. Thus, the roughness of the wall and the chemical
affinity between the wall and the gas, although often not properly known, could highly
affect the fluid flow and the heat transfer.
2.2. Gas flow regimes in microchannels
Usually, the regime of gas flow in a macrochannel refers to viscous and compressibility
effects, respectively quantified by the Reynolds number Re and the Mach number Ma.
For low Reynolds numbers (typically for Re < 2000), the flow is laminar and it becomes
turbulent for higher values of Re. For Ma < 1, the flow is subsonic and for Ma > 1, it is
supersonic. Typically, if Ma > 0.3, compressibility effects should be taken into account.
In microchannels on the other hand, the main effects are rarefaction effects, essentially quantified by the Knudsen number Kn. Consequently, the regime usually refers to
these effects, according to the classification given in Section 2.1.3, and flows are considered as microflows for Kn > 10−3 . Actually, Eq. (2.22) shows that for a dilute gas,
Re = k2 γ Ma/Kn, where k2 γ is of the order of unity, which implies that for subsonic
microflows, viscous effects are predominant and the flows are laminar.
The models used to describe gas flows in microchannels depend on the rarefaction
regime. The main models are presented in Fig. 2.7, with the rough values of Kn for which
DSMC or lattice Boltzmann
Burnett equations
with slip BC
Euler equations
QGD or QHD equations
with first-order slip BC
Navier–Stokes equations
with second-order slip BC
with no-slip BC
Fig. 2.7. Gas flow regimes and main models according to the Knudsen number. BC: boundary condition.
each of them is applicable, that is valid and really interesting to use. The limits are indicative
and may vary according to the considered configurations.
These models are described in the following sections. Among the three main rarefied
regimes (slip flow, transition flow and molecular flow), the slip flow regime is more specially
detailed, since it is the most frequently encountered (cf. Fig. 2.6) and it allows analytic or
semi-analytic developments. Moreover, the gas is considered as a dilute gas, which makes
valid the ideal gas assumption.
2.2.1. Ideal gas model
The classic equation of state for an ideal gas,
p = ρRT = nkB T
is also called the Boyle–Mariotte’s law. Here, p is the pressure and ρ = mn is
the density, kB = R/N = (M/N)(R/M) = mR = 1.38065 J/K is the Boltzmann constant,
R = 8.314511 J/mol/K being the universal gas constant, N = 6.022137 × 1023 mol−1 , the
Avogadro’s number and M, the molecular weight. Equation (2.24) may be obtained from a
molecular analysis, assuming that the gas is a dilute gas in thermodynamic equilibrium.
If the thermodynamic equilibrium is not verified, Eq. (2.24) remains valid, providing
the thermodynamic temperature T is replaced with the translational kinetic temperature
Ttr , which measures the mean translational kinetic energy of the molecules. The specific
ideal gas constant
R = cp − c v
is the difference between the specific heats
∂h
cp =
∂T p
cv =
∂e
∂T v
where e is the internal specific energy, v = 1/ρ is the specific volume and h is the specific
enthalpy. For an ideal gas, the specific heats are constant and their ratio is the index
γ=
Therefore, for an ideal gas,
γ −1
The specific heat ratio is constant for a monatomic gas (γ = 5/3) but it is dependent of the
temperature for a diatomic gas, with a value close to 7/5 near atmospheric conditions.
Finally, we can note that for an ideal gas and an IPL collision model, the Knudsen
number can be written as:
k2 µ(T )
k2 µ(T ) RT
Kn = √
ρ RT L
with the value of k2 given in Table 2.1.
2.2.2. Continuum flow regime
The classic continuum flow regime (which corresponds to the shaded area in Fig. 2.5) may
be accurately modeled by the compressible Navier–Stokes equations, the ideal gas equation
of state, and classic boundary conditions that express the continuity of temperature and
velocity between the fluid and the wall.
2.2.2.1. Compressible Navier–Stokes equations
The compressible Navier–Stokes equations are the governing conservation laws for mass,
momentum and energy. These laws are written assuming that the fluid is Newtonian, so
that the stress tensor
σ = −p I + σ
is a linear function of the velocity gradients. Thus, the viscous stress tensor has the form
σ = µ[∇ ⊗ u + (∇ ⊗ u)T ] + ζ(∇ · u)I, where u is the velocity vector, I is the unit tensor,
µ is the dynamic viscosity and ζ is the second coefficient of viscosity, or Lamé coefficient.
With Stokes’ hypothesis, 2µ + 3ζ = 0, which expresses that the changes of volume do not
involve viscosity, the viscous stress tensor may be written as σ = µ[∇ ⊗ u + (∇ ⊗ u)T −
(2/3)(∇ · u)I]. The validity of this assumption is discussed in Gad-el-Hak (1995).
The Navier–Stokes equations also assume that the fluid follows the Fourier law of
diffusion. Thus, the heat flux vector q is related to the temperature gradient by q = −k∇T ,
where the thermal conductivity k is a function of the temperature.
With the above relations, the compressible Navier–Stokes equations may be written as:
∂ρ
+ ∇ · (ρu) = 0
∂(ρu)
+ ∇ · ρu ⊗ u − µ ∇ ⊗ u + (∇ ⊗ u)T − (∇ · u)I
+ ∇p = f
∂E
+ ∇ · (E + p)u − µ ∇ ⊗ u + (∇ ⊗ u)T − (∇ · u)I · u − k∇T = f · u
These conservation equations are respectively the continuity (2.32), the momentum
(2.33) and the energy (2.34) equations. The total energy per unit volume
E=ρ
u·u+e
is a function of the internal specific energy e that may be written for an ideal gas, using
Eqs. (2.24)–(2.26) and (2.28):
ρ(γ − 1)
The external volume forces f (gravitational forces, magnetic forces, etc.) are generally
negligible in gas flow. It is even more the case in gas microflows, since the volume over
surface ratio decreases with the characteristic length L and consequently, in microscale
geometries, volume effects may be neglected when compared to surface effects.
2.2.2.2. Classic boundary conditions
The previous set of Eqs. (2.24) and (2.32)–(2.34) must be completed with appropriate
boundary conditions. In the continuum flow regime, they express the continuity of the
velocity,
u|w = uwall
and of the temperature,
T |w = Twall
at the wall, the subscripts “wall” relating to the wall itself, and “w” to the conditions in
the fluid at the wall.
2.2.3. Slip flow regime
Actually, whatever the Knudsen number (even for very low values of Kn), there is in the
neighborhood of the wall a domain in which the gas is out of equilibrium. This domain is
called the Knudsen layer and has a thickness in the order of the mean free path. For very
low Knudsen numbers (in the continuum flow regime), the effect of the Knudsen layer
is negligible. In the slip flow regime, which is roughly in the range 10−3 < Kn < 10−1 ,
the Knudsen layer must be taken into account. Actually, the flow in the Knudsen layer
cannot be analyzed from continuum by use of the Navier–Stokes equations, for example.
But for Kn < 10−1, its thickness is small enough and the Knudsen layer can be neglected,
providing the boundary conditions (2.37)–(2.38) are modified and express a velocity slip,
as well as a temperature jump at the wall (Section 2.2.3.2).
Thus, the Navier–Stokes equations remain applicable, but it could also be convenient
to replace them by another set of conservation equations, such as the quasi-hydrodynamic
(QHD) equations or the quasi-gasdynamic (QGD) equations (see Section 2.2.3.1).
2.2.3.1. Continuum NS–QGD–QHD equations
In a generic form, the conservation equations may be written in the following way:
+ ∇ · JEQ = 0
for the continuity equation,
+ ∇ · (JEQ ⊗ u − σEQ ) + ∇p = 0
for the momentum equation and
+∇·
E+p
JEQ − σEQ · u + qEQ
for the energy equation. In these equations, JEQ is the mass flux vector, σEQ , the viscous stress tensor and qEQ , the heat flux vector. The external volume forces f have been
neglected.
In the case of the Navier–Stokes equations (EQ ≡ NS) these variables have the form:
JNS = ρu
σNS = µ[∇⊗u+(∇⊗u)T ]+ζ(∇·u)I = µ ∇ ⊗ u + (∇ ⊗ u)T − (∇ · u)I
qNS = −k ∇T
These lead to the previous Eqs. (2.32)–(2.34). In the Navier–Stokes equations, the density
ρ, the pressure p and the velocity u correspond to space averaged instantaneous quantities.
From spatiotemporal considerations, the QGD and the QHD equations may be obtained
(Lengrand and Elizarova, 2004). They are based on the same governing conservation laws
(2.39)–(2.41), but these laws are closed with a different definition of JEQ , σEQ and qEQ .
Dissipative terms are added, which involve a parameter τ. This parameter
τ=
γµ
Sc ρ a2
is a time characteristic of the temporal averaging. Here, Sc = µ/(ρD) is the Schmidt number, which represents the ratio of the diffusive mass over the diffusive momentum fluxes.
In the expression of Sc, D is the diffusion coefficient, which can be expressed as a function
of α and ω for a VSS molecule. Thus, for a VSS molecule,
Sc =
5(2 + α)
3(7 − 2ω)α
which reduces to 5/6 for a HS model. For an ideal gas, a2 = γRT and τ may be written as:
1 µ
Sc p
The QGD equations are appropriate for dilute gases. For these equations (EQ ≡ QGD):
JQGD = JNS − τ[∇ · (ρu ⊗ u) + ∇p]
σQGD = σNS + τ[u ⊗ (ρu · (∇ ⊗ u) + ∇p) + I(u · ∇p + γp∇ · u)]
qQGD = qNS − τρu[u · ∇e + pu · ∇(1/ρ)]
From Eqs. (2.18), (2.19), (2.24) and (2.47), we can deduce that for a dilute gas and an IPL
collision model,
Kn 1 L
Sc k2 RT
Therefore, [τ∇](Kn→0) → 0, which shows that the above QGD equations degenerate into
the classic NS equations when rarefaction is negligible.
Another set of equations, the QHD equations, are appropriate to dense gases. In that
case (EQ ≡ QHD):
JQHD = JNS − τ[ρu · (∇ ⊗ u) + ∇p]
σQHD = σNS + τu ⊗ (ρu · (∇ ⊗ u) + ∇p)
qQHD = qNS
They also bring additional terms to the NS equations, which are proportional to the
parameter τ.
2.2.3.2. First-order slip boundary conditions
From a series of experiments at low pressures performed in 1875, Kundt and Warburg
were probably the first who pointed out that for a flow of rarefied gas, slipping occurs at
the walls (Kennard, 1938). For a gas flowing in the direction s parallel to the wall, the slip
velocity may be written as:
∂us
uslip = us − uwall = ξ
∂n w
where ξ is a length commonly called the coefficient of slip and n is the normal direction,
exiting the wall. With appropriate assumptions, it is possible to calculate the magnitude of
the coefficient of slip from the kinetic theory of gases.
Following a paper initially dealing with stresses in rarefied gases due to temperature
gradients (Maxwell, 1879), Maxwell added an appendix on the advise of a referee, with
the aim of expressing the conditions which must be satisfied by a gas in contact with a
solid body. Maxwell treated the surface as something intermediate between a perfectly
reflecting and a perfectly absorbing surface. Therefore, he assumed that for every unit
Fig. 2.8. Maxwell hypothesis. (a) Perfect (specular) reflection of a fraction 1 − σ of the molecules.
(b) Absorption and diffuse reemission of a fraction σ of the molecules.
of area, a fraction σ of the molecules is absorbed by the surface (due to the roughness
of the wall, or to a condensation–evaporation process (Kennard, 1938)) and is afterwards
reemitted with velocities corresponding to those in still gas at the temperature of the
wall. The other fraction, 1 − σ, of the molecules is perfectly reflected by the wall (Fig.
2.8). The dimensionless coefficient σ is called the tangential momentum accommodation
coefficient. When σ = 0, the tangential momentum of the incident molecules equals that
of the reflected molecules and no momentum is transmitted to the wall, as if the flow was
inviscid. This kind of reflection is called specular reflection. Conversely, when σ = 1, the
gas molecules transmit all their tangential momentum to the wall and the reflection is a
diffuse reflection.
From a momentum balance at the wall, Maxwell finally demonstrated that there is a
slip at the wall, which takes the form:
uslip = us − uwall =
∂us
3 µ ∂2 T
2−σ
λM
∂n
2 ρT ∂s ∂n
3 µ ∂T
4 ρT ∂s
λM =
π µ
√ =
2 pρ
2 ρ RT
which is very close to the value of the mean free path λHS deduced from an HS model.
The equation of Maxwell is generally cited in the literature with the form
uslip = us − uwall
2 − σ ∂us
3 µ ∂T
4 ρT ∂s w
3 λ
4 k2
R ∂T
T ∂s w
which omits the second term on the right-hand side of Eq. (2.56).
After non-dimensionalization with the characteristic length L, a reference velocity u0
and a reference temperature T0 , Eq. (2.58) is written as follows:
us∗ − uwall
3 Kn2 Re0 ∂T ∗
∂u∗
Kn s∗ +
∂n w 4γk22 Ma20
∂s∗ w
where us∗ = us /u0 , T ∗ = T /T0 , n∗ = n/L and s∗ = s/L. Note that this non-dimensionalization
is valid only if the reference lengths are the same in the s and n directions, which is generally
not the case for a flow in a microchannel. In that case, it is preferable to keep the dimensional
form of Eq. (2.58). The second term on the right-hand side, which is proportional to the
square of the Knudsen number√Kn = λ/L, involves the Reynolds number Re0 = ρu0 L/µ and
the Mach number Ma0 = u0 / γRT0 defined at the reference conditions. The coefficient
k2 depends on the intermolecular collision model and its value is given in Table 2.1.
This second term is associated with the thermal creep, or transpiration phenomenon. It
shows that a flow can be caused in the sole presence of a tangential temperature gradient,
without any pressure gradient. In that case, the gas experiences a slip velocity and moves
from the colder toward the warmer region. This can also result in pressure variation in a
microchannel only submitted to tangential temperature gradients.
The non-dimensional form of Eq. (2.59) clearly shows that slip is negligible for very
low Knudsen numbers, but should be taken into account when Kn is no longer small,
typically as soon as it becomes higher than 10−3 .
In analogy with the slip phenomenon, Poisson suggested that there might also be a
temperature jump at the wall, which could be described by an equation equivalent to
T − Twall = ς
∂T
where ς is called the temperature jump distance. Smoluchowski experimentally confirmed
this hypothesis (Smoluchowski, 1898) and showed that ς was proportional to the mean
free path λ. As for the slip, it can be assumed that a fraction σT of the molecules have a long
contact with the wall and that the wall adjusts their mean thermal energy. Therefore, these
molecules are reemitted as if they were issuing from a gas at the temperature of the wall. The
other fraction, 1 − σT , is reflected keeping its incident thermal energy. The dimensionless
coefficient σT is called the energy accommodation coefficient. From an energy balance at
the wall, it can be shown that (Kennard, 1938):
T − Twall
2 − σT 2γ k ∂T
σT γ + 1 µcv ∂n w
After non-dimensionalization with the characteristic length L and the reference
temperature T0 , Eq. (2.61) is written as follows:
− Twall
2 − σT 2 γ Kn ∂T ∗
σT γ + 1 Pr ∂n∗ w
Pr =
νρcp
µcp
is the Prandtl number.
In the absence of tangential temperature gradients (∂T ∗ /∂s∗ = 0), the boundary conditions (2.59) and (2.62) are called first-order (i.e. ϑ(Kn)) boundary conditions. The velocity
slip (respectively the temperature jump) is then proportional to the transverse velocity
(respectively temperature) gradient and to the Knudsen number Kn. These boundary conditions are classically associated with the Navier–Stokes equations, but they can also lead
to interesting results when used with the QGD or QHD equations.
2.2.3.3. Higher-order slip boundary conditions
From a theoretical point of view, the slip flow regime is particularly interesting because
it generally leads to analytical or semi-analytical models (cf. Section 2.3). For example,
these analytical models allow us to calculate velocities and flow rates for isothermal and
locally fully developed microflows between plane plates or in cylindrical ducts with simple
sections: circular (Kennard, 1938), annular (Ebert and Sparrow, 1965), rectangular (Ebert
and Sparrow, 1965; Morini and Spiga, 1998) … These models proved to be quite precise
for moderate Knudsen numbers, typically up to about 0.1 (Harley et al., 1995; Liu et al.,
1995; Shih et al., 1996; Arkilic et al., 2001).
For Kn > 0.1, experimental studies (Sreekanth, 1969) or numerical studies (Piekos and
Breuer, 1996) with the direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method show significant
deviations with models based on first-order boundary conditions. Therefore, since 1947,
several authors have proposed second-order boundary conditions, hoping to extend the
validity of the slip flow regime to higher Knudsen numbers. Second-order boundary conditions take more or less complicated forms, which are difficult to group together in a sole
equation. Actually, according to the assumptions, the second-order terms (ϑ(Kn2 )) may
be dependent of σ (Chapman and Cowling, 1952; Karniadakis and Beskok, 2002) and
involve tangential second derivatives ∂2 u∗ /∂s∗2 (Deissler, 1964). In the simple case of a
developed flow between plane plates, the tangential second derivatives are zero and one
may compare most of the second-order models that take the generic form
= A1 Kn
∂ 2 u∗
∂us∗
+ A2 Kn2 ∗s2
In the particular case of a fully diffuse reflection (σ = 1), the coefficients A1 and A2
proposed in the literature are compared in Table 2.3. We note significant differences, essentially for the second-order term. Moreover, some models based on a simple mathematical
extension of Maxwell’s condition predict a decrease of the slip compared to the firstorder model, while other models predict an increase of the slip. This point is discussed in
Section 2.3.
The implementation of the boundary conditions (2.64) with the Navier–Stokes equations
is not always easy and can lead to computational difficulties. The obvious interest in using
Coefficients of the main models of second-order boundary conditions proposed in the
literature, for σ = 1.
Author, year (reference)
Maxwell (Maxwell, 1879)
Schamberg, 1947 (Karniadakis and Beskok, 2002)
Chapman and Cooling (Chapman and Cowling, 1952)
Deissler (Deissler, 1964)
Cercignani, 1964 (Sreekanth, 1969)
Hsia et Domoto (Hsia and Domoto, 1983)
Mitsuya (Mitsuya, 1993)
Karniadakis et Beskok (Karniadakis and Beskok, 2002)
κ0 (≈1)
−5π/12
κ02 /2 (≈1/2)
−0.9756
higher-order boundary conditions led some authors to propose new conditions, which may
be more appropriate for a treatment with the Navier–Stokes equations. Thus, Beskok and
Karniadakis (1999) suggested a high-order form
σ 1 − A3 Kn ∂n∗
that involves the sole first derivative of the velocity and an empirical parameter A3 (Kn).
As for Xue and Fan (2000), they proposed
∂u∗
tanh(Kn) s∗
that leads to results close to that calculated by the DSCM method, up to high Knudsen
numbers, of the order of 3. Other hybrid boundary conditions, such as
∂p∗
Kn s∗ +
Re ∗
∂s
Jie et al. (2000), were also proposed in order to allow a more stable numerical solution,
while giving results comparable to that from Eq. (2.65) for the cases that were tested.
2.2.3.4. Accommodation coefficients
The accommodation coefficients depend on various parameters that affect surface interaction, such as the magnitude and the direction of the velocity. Fortunately, it seems that these
coefficients are reasonably constant for a given gas and surface combination (Schaaf, 1963).
Many measurements of σT and σ have been made, most of them from indirect macroscopic
measurements, while a few of them are from direct measurements using molecular beam
techniques. Schaaf (1963) reported values of σ ranging from 0.60 to 1.00, most of them
being between 0.85 and 1.00. Recently, good correlations for microchannel flows were
found in the slip flow regime, with value
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Writing a cybernetic novel
April 25, 2015 April 25, 2015 / George Zarkadakis / Leave a comment
The Island Survival Guide and narrative reflexivity
I would like to define a cybernetic novel as one that writes itself, or one where the reader is also the narrator. A novel that possesses self-reflexivity. I made the sketch (see above) some time ago while thinking about my novel “The Island Survival Guide“. When I say “I thought about my novel” I mean as a reader, not as a writer. In fact, cybernetic writing blurs the distinction between writer and reader, and finally break it down completely: the writer is the reader who is the writer, and so on. As it does so it also undermines and destroys a more significant dichotomy, the difference between the narrative (object) and the narrator/reader (subject). The two become one, one reflecting into the other. This is of course a logical paradox. Cybernetic writing is a logical paradox based on reflexivity.
The paradox of narrative reflexivity that defines a cybernetic novel is what makes it what it is; it is a paradox that creates an escape hatch, or a quantum wormhole, connecting two different universes that exist in different dimensions. The mind is free to travel between these two narrative universes. As it travels it transfers experiences and knowledge between the two universes. Thus, the paradox of narrative reflexivity becomes the act of creation. The novel is created as a dialogue between the 3-dimensional (+time) universe of the narrator/reader/writer (the terms cease to have distinct meaning in a reflexive narrative context) and the multi-dimensional universe of the novel.
M C Escher’s rendering of reflexivity in narrative: cybernetic writing
As old meaning breaks down because of continuous feedback between the narrator and the narrative, new meaning is created.
The Island Survival Guide was my second experiment in writing a cybernetic novel (my first being The Secrets of the Lands Without).
What? For a phantom we have suffered?
February 8, 2014 February 8, 2014 / George Zarkadakis / Leave a comment
Venus preventing her son Aeneas from killing Helen
Herodotus says that the gods had the real Helen whisked away and hidden safely in Egypt, while giving a doppelgänger of hers to Paris. That the Trojans and the Greeks had fought over a ghost.
Euripides in his tragedy “Helen” picks ups this version of the story and weaves a plot where, ten years later, Helen meets Menelaus in Egypt. He returns from Troy and is shipwrecked. The new king of Egypt, son of the recently deceased Proteus, hates the Greeks and wants to marry Helen despite her will. Like Paris, he too has fallen under the spell of her beauty. In the end Menelaus recognises his true, and faithful, wife and they manage to escape back to their home in Sparta.
Helen of Troy is one of those ambivalent female characters that Euripides loves to deconstruct. She may not posses the darkness of Medea but Helen is equally tragic. Because of her thousands of young men will kill each other in battle, the greatest heroes of Troy and Greece. She will be the cause that Troy is destroyed, sacked, ruined. And all that not because she plotted or wished any harm to anyone, but because of her beauty. Like all tragic heroes, she cannot change her fate. Gods have decided that her beauty would be the cause of destruction, that she would be death. Then the gods decide to play one more game: they send a ghost to Troy and let everyone fight over it. The gods are ruthless. They play with people like people play with dolls.
“Οὐκ ἦλθον ἐς γῆν Τρῳάδ’, ἀλλ’ εἴδωλον ἦν”, says Helen in the play. (“I did not come to the land of Troy, it was a phantom”).
And the messenger replies: “Τί φῄς; Νεφέλης ἄρ’ ἄλλως εἴχομεν πόνους πέρι;” (“What are you saying? We have suffered because of a mere phantom?”)
Euripides wrote the play after the Sicilian Expedition where Athens suffered a humiliating defeat. It was the beginning of the end for the great city, and the poet wanted his audience to understand that war was the root of all evil; and that war was about nothing. There was no Helen in Troy. There was no glory in Sicily. The gods played with human weaknesses, hoping perhaps that the mortals will grow wiser once they suffer. But do we?
Consider the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – weren’t they wars about nothing? Isn’t any war really about nothing? About ghosts?
The gods had put the real Helen under the protection of Proteus, the king of Egypt. Proteus is the son of Poseidon; his name means the “first born”, the “primal”. He is a sea god who, like water, adapts and changes shape. Reality is protected by change, or change is what hides reality from our senses. Change confuses us. We long for stability; and that is our fall. Our tragedy is that we cannot help but being constantly deluded.
Victorian scientific romance and robot apocalypse
December 14, 2012 December 14, 2012 / George Zarkadakis / Leave a comment
The 1800s must have been a great time to live. They mark the beginning of many things we take for granted today; most notably democracy, technological and scientific innovation, globalization and international trade. The British Empire was at its height, people started moving with steamships and trains across continents, and inventions like the telegraph and the telephone allowed news to travel faster than ever.
History must have seemed to take a whole new course, unimagined by people who lived only a few years earlier. Writers such as Samuel Butler, H.G. Wells, William Morris, and others pondered upon the question of progress, and a new literary genre was created that mixed fantasy, satire and allegory: the scientific romance. A few notable books of this genre are “The Time Machine” (1895) by Wells, “News from Nowhere” (1890) by Morris and “Erewhon” (1872) by Butler.
In Erewhon (an anagram of “nowhere”) Butler describes a utopian society that had become industrialized long before Europe and had opted to banish machines. This was because in Erewhon machines were deemed to be dangerous. Butler expanded on the idea in his “Book of Machines” where he claimed that Darwinism applied to machine evolution, and therefore it was inevitable that machines will ultimately develop consciousness. Butler claimed that “it was the race of the intelligent machines and not the race of men which would be the next step in evolution.” Frank Herbert, the author of “Dune”, as a back-story coined the term “Butlerian jihad” to describe an event 10,000 years before the events of Dune, where thinking machines were outlawed.
Butlerian Jihad
There is a cautionary tale in Victorian scientific romance, something that resonates vividly in our post-industrial age . The 21st century arrived awkwardly The events of 9/11, as well as the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, colored the first decade of our century with the shades of two unnecessary wars that polarized politics. The economic crises of 2008 and the current crisis in the eurozone have shifted public debate towards a refutation of capitalism.
Whilst all this take place in the forefront of public awareness an immense technological revolution brews quietly in the background. This revolution is all about intelligent machines. They may not have arrived at the level of consciousness yet (but who can really tell?) but they control our planet and our lives already. Our financial and commodity markets, our defense systems, our industries, our infrastructures are all controlled to a greater or lesser degree by autonomous computer programs.
In October 2011 a major military exercise took place across NATO countries in preparation for future cyberwar. NATO scenarios assumed a cyber attack from a hostile country or terrorist organization. But, what if the “attack” comes as a rebellion of our “mechanical slaves”? How could we tell the difference? And what could we possibly do to defend ourselves then?
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Predicting malaria cases using remotely sensed environmental variables in Nkomazi, South Africa
https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2019.676
Abiodun Morakinyo Adeola | abiodun.adeola@weathersa.co.za South African Weather Service, Pretoria; UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, School for Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6105-7110
Joel Ondego Botai South African Weather Service, Pretoria; Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield; School of Agricultural Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Jane Mukarugwiza Olwoch Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa; Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Use (SASSCAL), Windhoek, Namibia.
Hannes C.J. de W. Rautenbach South African Weather Service, Pretoria; UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, School for Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria; Faculty of Natural Sciences, Akademia, Centurion, South Africa.
Omolola Mayowa Adisa Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa.
Christiaan de Jager UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, School for Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Christina M. Botai South African Weather Service, Pretoria, South Africa.
Mabuza Aaron Malaria Control Programme, Mpumalanga Department of Health, Nelspruit, South Africa.
There has been a conspicuous increase in malaria cases since 2016/2017 over the three malaria-endemic provinces of South Africa. This increase has been linked to climatic and environmental factors. In the absence of adequate traditional environmental/climatic data covering ideal spatial and temporal extent for a reliable warning system, remotely sensed data are useful for the investigation of the relationship with, and the prediction of, malaria cases. Monthly environmental variables such as the normalised difference vegetation index (NDVI), the enhanced vegetation index (EVI), the normalised difference water index (NDWI), the land surface temperature for night (LSTN) and day (LSTD), and rainfall were derived and evaluated using seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) models with different lag periods. Predictions were made for the last 56 months of the time series and were compared to the observed malaria cases from January 2013 to August 2017. All these factors were found to be statistically significant in predicting malaria transmission at a 2-months lag period except for LSTD which impact the number of malaria cases negatively. Rainfall showed the highest association at the two-month lag time (r=0.74; P<0.001), followed by EVI (r=0.69; P<0.001), NDVI (r=0.65; P<0.001), NDWI (r=0.63; P<0.001) and LSTN (r=0.60; P<0.001). SARIMA without environmental variables had an adjusted R2 of 0.41, while SARIMA with total monthly rainfall, EVI, NDVI, NDWI and LSTN were able to explain about 65% of the variation in malaria cases. The prediction indicated a general increase in malaria cases, predicting about 711 against 648 observed malaria cases. The development of a predictive early warning system is imperative for effective malaria control, prevention of outbreaks and its subsequent elimination in the region.
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Adeola, A., Botai, J., Mukarugwiza Olwoch, J., de W. Rautenbach, H., Adisa, O., de Jager, C., Botai, C., & Aaron, M. (2019). Predicting malaria cases using remotely sensed environmental variables in Nkomazi, South Africa. Geospatial Health, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2019.676
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While the mere mention of Charleston, South Carolina, brings to mind images of horse-drawn carriages trotting past antebellum mansions, visitors to the historic city can also take part in recreational activities. The iconic metropolis has more than 1,700 acres of parkland, 90 miles of coastline and a host of nearby zoos, many located in rustic natural settings. The zoos in and around Charleston are typically open year-round thanks to the area’s tepid winters.
Charles Towne Landing (friendsofcharlestownelanding.org) lies seven miles northwest of downtown Charleston. The state park features a 22-acre zoo showcasing native animals that were present when the region was settled by Europeans in 1670. Critters on hand include black bears, bison, turkey vultures and egrets. A quarter-mile dirt trail cuts through the zoo, providing visitors with up-close views of the wildlife enclosed in a fenced-in area. Leashed dogs are allowed in the park, but they are not permitted in the zoo. While the park charges a per person entrance fee, the zoo is free.
One hour and 40 minutes north of Charleston in Murrells Inlet, Brookgreen Gardens (brookgreen.org) includes trails, sculpture gardens and the Lowcountry Zoo. Exhibits focus on animals that are native to the region, are recovering from major injuries, or were bred and raised in captivity. The facility's animals include alligators, gray foxes, white-tailed deer and blue herons. The zoo is included in the garden’s entry fee but visitors must pay extra to enter the butterfly house.
Waccatee Zoo (waccateezoo.com) is in Myrtle Beach, two hours north of Charleston. The 500-acre zoo's 100 animal species live amid its natural setting of wooded and grassland regions. The zoo also lies near such bodies of water as the Waccamaw River, Intracoastal Waterway and Socastee Creek. Visitors stroll along dirt trails to view such free-roaming animals as buffalo, zebras, lions, tigers and chimpanzees. The zoo is open seven days a week, weather permitting. Discounted rates apply for groups of 15 or more.
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In Columbia, two hours northwest of Charleston, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden (riverbanks.org) is home to 2,000-plus animals. Guests may explore such exhibits as a petting farm; an interactive kangaroo and wallaby walkabout; a savannah plain with roaming giraffes and zebras; and a 55,000-gallon Pacific coral reef tank filled with sharks. Admission includes entry to both the zoo and the 70-acre botanical gardens, home to 4,200 species of plants.
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Indian Army at Gallipoli
A clarification/addition to the 8 January post ‘Gurkhas to the left, don’t shoot.’
Indian Mountain Battery at Gallipoli
SIkh soldiers at Gallipoli
Of course there were elements of the Indian Army at Gallipoli, but there were no infantry on 25 April, as Bean stated
‘The Indian Army was represented at Gallipoli by the 7th Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade, the Indian mule corps, a medical establishment, and the 29th Indian Infantry Brigade. The infantry served in the Helles area from the 1st of May till the 10th of July, being transferred to Anzac after a brief period of rest and reorganisation at Imbros, just in time to take part in the August offensive; while the artillery landed with the ANZAC and shared all the travails and vicissitudes of that corps, from the day of the first landings on the 25th of April till the final evacuation in December.’
Some 1,358 Indian soldiers died at Gallipoli with 3,421 wounded. At the third battle of Krithia 3/4 June 371 men of the 14th Sikh regiment were killed or died of wounds.
‘The Indian expeditionary force that served in the Dardanelles was not very large in numbers; barely 5000 men in a campaign that swelled from 75,000, to nearly half a million allied troops engaged by the end of the campaign. Yet it had a significant impact upon the course of the operations, and no account of the campaign can ignore the contribution of the 14th Sikhs in the Third Battle of Krithia, or the 1-6th Gurkhas in the climactic Battle of Sari Bair.’
This is from a summary of a paper by Sqn Ldr Rana TS Chhina (Retd) of the United Service Institution of India Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research at a conference organised by the Australian War Memorial in August 2010.
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Clark County and Nevada Ballot Questions →
Clark County / Nevada Election Endorsements
My research for this relied heavily on the endorsements offered by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Sun, both of which I studied in detail. I also checked out some other organizations, such as Nevada Concerned Citizens‘ endorsements, my own comments from the primaries, and, of course, I googled each candidate and reviewed their web sites. Here’s what I came up with.
Ballot questions will be handled in another post.
I won’t repeat everything I’ve already said here many times about this race, but suffice it to say…
Vote for: Sharron Angle
CONGRESS, DISTRICT 1
Kenneth Wegner has not campaigned aggressively, nor has the party supported him sufficiently. I love his signs, but that’s hardly enough to be taken seriously. At the same time, Democratic incumbent Shelley Berkley is strong. I saw a billboard for her last week that simply said something like, “Honesty. Integrity. Hard Work.” Know what? I can’t deny that. She’s clean of scandals and has a good reputation.
Basically, this race is pointless. She’ll win by about a zillion percent.
Still, Berkley voted for the stimulus and ObamaCare. So…
Vote for: Kenneth Wegner
Incidentally, even though it’s not in my district, I hope people for Joe Heck instead of Dina Titus for the other Congressional seat up for grabs this year. Titus is just as liberal as Berkley, and has run a foul, dishonest campaign against Heck. Dr. Heck, on the other hand, is a consistently conservative leader with the dedication we need to help our state.
Meanwhile, Brian Sandoval actually is ahead of Rory Reid by about a zillion points, so this one’s pointless, too!
By the way, if all of the conservatives who oppose illegal immigration are doing it because we hate Hispanics so much, why are we giving one a landslide victory in the election for our governor? Hmmm, maybe the left’s convenient assumptions about us aren’t accurate after all…
Vote for: Brian Sandoval
Krolicki is an experienced professional, and the opponents aren’t even in his same league.
Vote for: Brian Krolicki
Republican challenger Rob Lauer is clearly not a serious contender, while incumbent Ross Miller has a solid record and reputation. (Lauer even has some highly questionable issues he hasn’t explained.)
Vote for: Ross Miller
STATE TREASURER
Incumbent Kate Marshall has done a commendable job, by all accounts, and seems to be getting endorsements based on that. Fine, but when an even better candidate comes along, that person deserves the nod. Marshall is good, but Steven Martin is better.
Vote for: Steven Martin
STATE CONTROLLER
Kim Wallin is universally respected for good work, it seems, while Barry Herr is only making a token attempt to prove himself. No contest here.
Vote for: Kim Wallin
Current AG Catherine Cortez Masto has started running ads about Travis Barrick’s arrest twenty years ago for “harassing women,” which was actually a peaceful protest outside an abortion clinic. Gee, why doesn’t her ad mention that?
Between this and her political persecution of rival Brian Krolicki and her utter refusal to abide the will of the people and join the lawsuits against the administration over ObamaCare (which is now being handled by private attorneys), Cortez Masto has to go.
As an aside, I’m generally ignoring third party candidates here because they have no chance of winning. That being said, I really like Joel Hansen, who has been a mainstay of Nevada’s minority of Constitutional conservatives for a long time. I wish he’d register as a Republican so he’d have a real chance of getting somewhere. Joel, if it’s not too good for Ron Paul, it’s not too good for you!
Vote for: Travis Barrick
STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 17
Kenneth King seems very good, and I’d love to see super liberal Kelvin Atkinson go, but Atkinson is a popular rising star with a stranglehold on our little area. Goliath seems likely to win this time. Still…
Vote for: Kenneth King
I don’t think anyone can mount a reasonable argument that David Roger hasn’t done an excellent job. It doesn’t seem that anyone has even tried.
Vote for: David Roger
COUNTY ASSESSOR
Republican Gerrit Hale seems decent, but that’s hardly a ringing endorsement. Compared to the universally admired work of Michele Shafe, there’s no reasonable case to be made for replacing her. Even the uber-conservative Nevada Concerned Citizens recommended her!
Vote for: Michele Shafe
Ironically, Scott Austin loses out here for the same reason he barely got a nod from me in the primary: one candidate is running a serious campaign, the other is not. In the primary, Austin was slightly more professional, but now, incumbent Diana Alba shines with competence, something Scott Austin can’t even demonstrate. How sad to not meet a basic criteria. Apparently, Mr. Austin can hardly be bothered to campaign at all. OK, then. We can’t be bothered to vote for you.
Vote for: Diana Alba
Everybody seems to like Jim Edwards, but everybody seems to like Debbie Conway more. He’s run and lost this race before, and his lack of a web site doesn’t exactly sway me.
Vote for: Debbie Conway
Check out Javornicky’s outrageously stupid statements in the Review-Journal. Holy cow.
Vote for: Laura Fitzpatrick
A rant is called for at this point. All candidates and voters take notice. First, if you’re not going to run a real campaign, with interviews, an online presence, public appearances, and at least some attempt to reach voters, stop wasting our time. Trying to track you down just irritates me. Also, why can’t the Republicans run more decent candidates? Most of the guys on their ballot are amateurs, losers, or both. At least I get to demonstrate bipartisanship by endorsing Democrats. A bunch of them. *sigh*
In a funny twist, the conservative Review-Journal is endorsing the Democrat, and the liberal Sun is endorsing the Republican. This is another case of a good incumbent being eclipsed by an even better challenger: John Cahill is good–very good, even–but Jack Clark really deserves this seat.
Vote for: Jack Clark
NORTH LAS VEGAS CONSTABLE
Herb Brown is a dedicated, effective veteran of this work. Jeffrey Eggeman, who’s barely lifted a finger to campaign, is almost invisible. One of the few things I found for him online was a quote from last year’s city council race, where he said, “The city of North Las Vegas should try and take as much advantage of the economic stimulus package passed by Congress.” Really? This guy’s supposed to be a Republican?
Vote for: Herb Brown
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, DEPT. 26
As I said during the primary, Gloria Sturman’s web site makes it clear that she is a liberal activist judge, and Bruce Gale is a competent professional with integrity.
Vote for: Bruce Gale
Blaine Beckstead is yet another candidate who can’t seem to be bothered to mount a serious campaign.
Vote for: Nancy Allf
Jack Howard is impressive. I usually try to avoid slip-and-fall ambulance chasers like Israel being promoted to the bench, anyway.
Vote for: Jack Howard
Pollock is unsuccessful where he is now, and unqualified for this seat.
Vote for: Susan Scann
I had a lot to say about this in the primary, so see that post. Michael Davidson seems very good, and I heard a rumor that Wiese endorsed Harry Reid. I hope that isn’t true. Still, I’m inclined to give Wiese this chance.
Vote for: Jerry Wiese
Joanna Kishner doesn’t come across nearly as professional or experienced as the much-respected Phil Dabney.
Vote for: Phil Dabney
Same reasoning as the previous endorsement.
Vote for: Rob Bare
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, FAMILY DIVISION, DEPT. C
A small but vocal minority seems to oppose Jones, but his ratings among peers, public, and media are solid.
Vote for: Steve Jones
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, FAMILY DIVISION, DEPT. F
So many of the races on this ballot are between experienced veterans and upstart yahoos–it’s good to have a few like these where the choice is between good and better. In this case, Eccles is good, but Gonzalez is clearly better.
Vote for: Bill Gonzalez
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, FAMILY DIVISION, DEPT. S
No contest here. I was very impressed with Ochoa in the primary, and now he’s by far the stronger of the two candidates left.
Vote for: Vincent Ochoa
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, FAMILY DIVISION, DEPT. T
Gayle Nathan is a solid, dependable choice here, and, as I said before, I prefer to avoid the slip-and-fall ambulance chasers.
Vote for: Gayle Nathan
REGENT, STATE UNIVERSITY, DISTRICT 12
Andrea Anderson seems to have potential here, but unfortunately for her, she’s up against extremely impressive powerhouse Mark Newburn.
Vote for: Mark Newburn
While too many around here are criticizing Sheriff Doug Gillespie over various controversial matters, I don’t think any reasonable person can deny that he’s handled the public needs of the police force with dignity and integrity, and he certainly demonstrates concrete positive results for us.
Vote for: Doug Gillespie
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6 comments on “Clark County / Nevada Election Endorsements”
Jeffrey A. Eggeman
I am glad you studied my bio. But don’t believe the ‘Sun’. When you said I wasn’t lifting a finger to campaign. That was a quote from the reporter from the ‘Sun’ last year when I ran for city council. I got killed in that race. It was the first time I ever ran for something. I learned a lot from that experience. Now for NLV Constable, I have 350 campaign signs located all around NLV. I also have a website jeffeggeman.com detailing my background and what I want to do. I went to three, meet the candidate, gatherings. Hardly any one from the public showed up it was all candidates. I am on twitter and facebook also. You can call me 768-4396 and I can give you more details about me. Good luck to you, Jeffrey A. Eggeman
Floyd the Wonderdog
Call him. Call him!
Mr. Eggeman, thank you for commenting. It says a lot about you that you would do that. You seem like a serious, concerned, competent person, and I wish you well in all you do. I hope you keep getting involved in civic work, because we need good people to fight for what’s right.
That being said, the best thing I can do to respect you is to be honest, and here it is: none of the things you wrote matter. You can go to events, put up signs, and have a web site, but if concerned, active voters can’t find information on you when they look for it, much less when the majority of them are only paying attention to whatever happens to reach out and grab their attention, then you have failed. It’s your responsibility to make your message heard, not to blame the voters for not finding you. A good singer doesn’t blame a bad show on the band, a good coach doesn’t blame a bad game on the players, and a good public leader doesn’t blame voter ignorance about him on the electorate.
Your web site, for example, is a pleasant introduction to you, but it hardly explains what you’d do in office, much less why you’d be superior to your opponent, or why he should be replaced. I’m not saying you need negative campaigning, but if you’re telling us we need to change the status quo, the burden of proof is on you. That’s just Debating 101.
How exactly do you reach the voters and inspire them, especially for a fairly obscure local office? I truly do not know. I’ve always been fascinated by how such races are decided, and my lack of understanding about the tactics to win one is a major reason why I’ve never entered the fray myself.
Sorry if this sounded harsh, but it’s the truth, and I meant what I said about respecting you–when you have an important message and a plan for necessary change, plus the strategy to make a victory happen, let me know. I’ll be in your corner.
Thank you for your advisement. I am still learning and gaining much experience, especially in campaigning. Your words will help me next time in refining my message to the electorate. Sincerely, Jeffrey A. Eggeman.
Doug Gillespie does not respect the Unabridged Second Amendment…
Further, supports a biased coroners’ inquest system that has failed to indict/find any wrong doing in a single police officer in a officer involved shooting in over 40 years…
Too many innocent people have been shot on Sherriff Doug Gillespie’s watch…
Erik Scott for one…
Has pending criminal charges being filed against him by Detective Gordon Martines, Family of Erik Scott et.al.
FIRE DOUG GILLESPIE…
Just stumbled onto your blog while researching the Clark County candidates. Great stuff! Very helpful. Best of luck to you.
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Interludes » Tangle, Tussle, Tiger: Fight »
Tangle, Tussle, Tiger: Fight - part 10
Fri Feb 23, 2018
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Woah! Final part is here! Thank you Opa-opa for this fun story!
She rushed into the room to find Charthur standing with her hands on her hips, surveying the contents of her workbench. "Curious I am! So I thought that I might," she planted a dramatic pause here, "...see what you're working on at this time of night."
Neon edged her way around Charthur, feeling more comfortable once she had interposed herself between her energetic, tipsy friend and the delicate apparatuses she had laid out. "It's, it's nothing fancy. A simple procedure, relatively speaking. I'm replacing Chip's optical augmentation, since it was damaged in the War."
Charthur looked serious for a second. She snapped her fingers. "I just put it together, two and two. That's why Zeromy at the party was looking for you." She leaned to look past Neon, inspecting the inert catbot more closely. "I'm glad to hear it's a simple repair. And lucky for Chip, that you had a spare."
Neon snorted, frustrated. "It's inferior. A spare part that doesn't belong anywhere or fit with anything else." She said, bitterly. "I don't plan on leaving it in for very long."
But Charthur had moved on already, now staring at a map, freshly-printed and tacked to the adjacent wall. Her finger traced the brightly colored line, drawn on it, pausing at each of the neatly-constructed circles that it kissed as it meandered through the hills surrounding Teslic Yard. "What's this now? I've not seen the like. Were you planning on taking a hike?"
Neon came over to her side. "You remember the data-shifting fields I mentioned, right?" Charthur nodded a little too eagerly; Neon considered calling her out on her obvious bluff, but decided it wasn't a night for that sort of thing. "Well, I've been trying to work out a pattern to their appearances. I've charted out a route that hits most of the most likely areas they'll appear over the next few days." She pointed at some equipment in the corner: sensors on tripods, a variety of storage drives, and various self-defense tools. "I'll leave tomorrow, and see if I can't catch one to analyze it properly."
Charthur nodded. She continued tracing her finger along the route, noting the elevation changes and the hazards marked throughout. "A rugged trek, so it would seem. I hope you've got a hearty team."
Neon sighed, frustrated. "Uh, no. My normal team is all tied up these days. I can't ask Lily to help right before her big expedition, not when she needs to be in top form. Normally, Viridian would be all over this," she paused, making a face. "...but they've been investigating this mystery broadcast recently and I don't want to potentially distract them from that. It seems too important to interrupt, so... that's good. For them." She looked away from Charthur, and coughed.
"Anyway, Mia's swamped with overseeing the new community center. I don't know if she has a golem that she isn't using, much less the attention to pilot it. Shizu could probably help, except she thinks the whole thing sounds, 'like, totally boring.' And Xenon's working with..." Neon's brow furrowed. She pressed her hands together, in front of her lips. "Xenon's busy."
"So wait a minute, hold the phone," Charthur cut in. "TAL's really going to send you alone?"
"It's not that TAL doesn't want to help," Neon assured her. "She's encouraged me to investigate the matter. I thought she'd be concerned that her long-range sensors can't detect the fields, so, uh, I can't actually prove they... exist." She paused, seeing if this would concern Charthur, but it didn't seem to register on Charthur's face.
"She had no problem letting me use my discretionary time to try to gather concrete proof of them. She provided all the equipment I requested and prepared the topography charts for me. We just don't have the staff; no one else can afford to spend a few days on this. I'm on my own for actually stomping about in the wilderness, chasing my theory."
Charthur took this in, concerned. Then her face lightened, all at once. She said, clearly pleased with her own slyness, "It seems you need help, do I understand? That equipment looks heavy... you could use a hand."
"Yeah, I certainly could, uh...." Neon trailed off, realizing what Charthur was implying. "Are you..." Charthur nodded, her sly smile broadening into a grin. Neon looked away, pretending to be interested in the map in the hope that Charthur wouldn't pick up on the flush growing across her cheeks. "Are you sure you want to go? I can't imagine..."
But Charthur cut her off with a gentle (for Charthur) punch to the arm. "Sure you can!" She insisted. "What do you say?" She performed an exaggerated stretch, extending her arms up as high they'd go, rising up onto the tips of her toes, before releasing the tension all at once. "And I could use the holiday."
"Charthur, this won't be like the experiments we've run," Neon warned. "This'll be dangerous."
"Then you need my help! No more debate." Neon tried to interject, but Charthur slammed one fist into an open palm to cut her off. "And with my aid, you'll do great!" Neon opened her mouth, but Charthur was on a roll. "I'm an experienced hiker, or didn't you know? The Yard will be easy with no ice, wind or snow!" Neon tried once more to argue, but Charthur clearly knew she was on the verge of cracking, and pressed on. "And can you honestly reject, help from your favorite test subject?"
Neon covered her face with one hand, and Charthur grinned. She had landed a bullseye, and clearly knew it. "That'd be, uh..." Neon brought her hands up before her, drumming her fingers gently against each other. There was a voice screaming at her, telling her not to dare impose, but for once, it felt muted and distant.
The plan had been go alone, take some time to herself, just... disappear for a while. But here was an opening... no, better than that, an opportunity, and so she realized she had already abandoned the plan, right from the very beginning. "...actually," she said carefully, "...if you were to come along, I'd be able to take some additional scanners... and I could use a higher fidelity, if we took extra drives to store the data on..."
Charthur gave her a big thumbs-up, followed by another, less gentle (even for Charthur) punch to the arm for good measure, to demonstrate her enthusiasm for the idea.
"If you're sure," Neon said, rubbing her now-tender arm. One final out. She had to be absolutely positive.
"Nothing more important! The top of my list. If you think I can help, I'm glad to assist!"
Neon exhaled, smiling at her. Whatever Charthur had been drinking, it had made her somewhat louder than even her normally exuberant self, but she was still extremely Charthur, through and through. "Alright, then. I guess you've even done the paperwork for handling Teslic Yard equipment. I can print off the final few forms for you to fill out in the morning."
"So it's decided! I cannot wait," Charthur declared immediately, thrusting a finger into the air. "An expedition! I'll save the date."
"Thanks," said Neon, gratefully. "I mean it."
"I look forward to see what the Yard has in store." Charthur said, rubbing her chin dramatically with her eyes closed. She opened them again and fixed Neon with a tender gaze. "Anyway, really, what are friends for?" She opened her arms and swept Neon into a hug, capturing the lanky scrapgoat before she realized what was happening. Absolutely without hesitation, Neon hugged her back, leaning down slightly to complete the embrace.
She knew it wouldn't last forever. It was worth a try, though. Charthur didn't seem to be in any rush to release her, and so why should it fall on her to escape?
...after a minute, though, she grew aware of a shift in Charthur's stance.
She looked to Charthur's face, and saw her staring intensely past her, a grim look set on her features. "What?" Neon asked, nervously. "What is it?" Charthur did not respond.
She twisted in Charthur's embrace, trying to see what she was staring at. The two separated, allowing Charthur to slowly point at the scrap box on her desk, empty except for the damaged sensor, little translucent flakes of pink material scattered about, having fallen from the crack during the removal process.
"What?" Neon repeated. "It's just a damaged part. I was planning on analyzing the damage to it later." Charthur said nothing, but continued to point. "What about it?" Neon insisted.
Charthur turned her head to Neon slowly, her body frozen, her finger still pointed at the device. Her eyes were wide-open, and Neon could feel anxiety twisting in her gut. "What?" she cried. "Tell me!"
Staring her dead in the eye, face stony, voice grave, she asked, "Are you going to finish that?"
Neon felt her brain turn over. Then, with resolve, she puffed up her chest, and smacked Charthur across her still-solemn face, striking with equal parts rebuke and affection.
Charthur turned with the blow, doubling-over to clutch her knees and start cackling. Neon pursed her lips shut as hard as she could, but her own laugh escaped anyway. The sight and sound of Neon sputtering away prompted Charthur to let loose with a full-bellied chortle. Neon fought, but couldn't bring herself to stop. For a minute, there was nothing she could do but laugh along.
"Idiot," she finally managed.
"Your face," Charthur gasped. "Your face!" She reiterated.
"You aren't funny," Neon forced out between laughs.
"Your face!" Charthur proposed as a counterpoint, still laughing.
Collecting herself, Neon rose, planted both hands on Charthur's shoulders and gave her a meaningful shove. "Out, out of my workshop!" she demanded. "I told you I have work to do."
"Alright, alright, I'll leave if you like," Charthur gasped, still out of breath from her gigglefit. "I better go home, and prepare for our hike!"
"That's right! You better be here bright and early, or I'm leaving you behind," she threatened. Charthur laughed once more, winked, and gave her a wave as she padded her way over to the front door. "I mean it, Charthur!" she called out, as the grey tiger made her way out. Neon rushed to the door, calling after her as she retreated down the block. "Be here by 11am, or else!"
Once Charthur had disappeared around the corner, she huffed to herself, and closed her door firmly. She looked immediately to her clock, doing some mental calculations. Charthur's disruption of the plan required her to assemble, calibrate and stow additional equipment for the journey. Her interruption had pushed back her estimated completion of the repair before she could even begin all that. She was going to have to get all of Charthur's documentation in order and figure out a way to get her to read it. When she factored in the inevitable hours lost to Surfnet browsing at the end, there simply weren't many hours left over to dedicate to sleep.
Neon considered this, and decided it wasn't relevant. She knew full well she'd be too excited to sleep anyway.
Epilogue 2
Charthur tossed and turned in her bed.
She was dreaming. She was remembering. It was impossible to say which.
She had gone to sleep, thinking of the Yard, trying to imagine what it might be like. And now...
She had been standing over Neon. She was standing over her now.
Important words. Something she had needed to say. Something she was going to say right now. The words were coming.
She opened her mouth to speak. The words were here.
She said them.
Charthur shot up to a sitting position and lunged for the pencil and pad sitting on her bedside table. In her haste, she knocked the pencil across the room, where it skittered across the floor before disappearing under a piece of furniture.
Cursing, she seized a pen that happened to be left out instead. In a rapid scrawl, she wrote down the words while they lingered in her mind. Comprehension could come later — for the moment, capturing them before they vanished was all that mattered.
She finished the second and final line. There was no sound except that of her own strangely ragged breathing. She realized just how tightly she had been clutching the pad, and just how intensely she had been staring at the lettering on it, barely visible among the shadows...
In the darkness, she peered at what she had written. She leaned in, struggling to read her own desperate handwriting, her hand trembling, her ink still bleeding through the paper.
Whispering, she read to herself: "I told you I had it under control. A little ice to protect my sole."
With a silent curse, she casually flung the pad and pen away, not caring to see where they landed. Grumpily, she let her head fall back onto her pillow, and resolved to let sleep overtake her once more.
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Magic, Myth & Medicine in the Calvin Wells Archive
By James Neill
A project cataloguing the archive of a renowned British palaeopathologist has revealed fascinating insights into how superstition and a belief in magic influenced ancient peoples’ approach to medical diagnosis and treatment.
Calvin Wells examining a human skull in his office at White Horse Cottage Norwich, c.1975 [Calvin Wells Archive, Ref code: CAL/]
Calvin Wells (1908-1978) was a pioneer in the study of ancient disease in skeletal remains, otherwise known as palaeopathology. A qualified medical doctor who spoke several languages, Wells produced over 130 publications on a wide variety of subjects in palaeopathology and the history of medicine. In 2017 the University of Bradford received a Wellcome Trust Research Resources grant to catalogue Wells’ significant archive of writings, research material, correspondence, and more. Already identified as a valuable resource for bio-archaeological research, the cataloguing project has rediscovered a wealth of material related to anthropology, folklore and social history. This archive material reflects Wells’ fascination with how a belief in magic and superstition informed ancient peoples’ approach to injury, disease and death.
Copy of Man, Myth & Magic: An illustrated encyclopedia of the supernatural — “The most unusual magazine ever published”.
In an article titled ‘Disease’ in the popular 1970s periodical Man, Myth and Magic: An illustrated encyclopaedia of the supernatural Wells makes the case that ‘magic and medicine have been inextricably mixed since humanity first tried to cure disease’. The earliest forms of medicinal treatments, Wells contests, were dictated by what came to be known in medieval times as the ‘Doctrine of Signatures’. Its central belief being that natural objects that looked like a part of the human body could cure any diseases that would arise there. Wells notes that the evidence for this ‘like cures like’ approach to medical treatment appears deep in the archaeological record. He gives the example of 200, 000 year old Neanderthal burials which contain bones coated in red ochre. While debate continues about the reasons why Neanderthals used red ochre in their funerary practices, Wells argues that it was a form of prehistoric homeopathy in which the deep red pigment was thought to ‘embody the life-giving potency of blood’.
Neolithic trephination, Crichel Down, Dorset © Calvin Wells
It was not just in the creation of medicinal cures in which a belief in magic played a role. One of the earliest forms of surgery, known as trephination, was also rooted in a faith in the supernatural. This ancient surgical procedure was of such interest to Wells that he devoted an entire chapter of his book Bones, Bodies and Disease to the subject. In it he writes:
“Few subjects fascinate me more strangely than pre-historic trephination. Even today, with every help science can offer, an operation to open the skull remains a pageant of drama and suspense and we are right to marvel at the Neolithic patient who risked his life beneath the surgeon’s flint.”
There are many theories about the practice of trephination, which first appeared in the Neolithic period. A popular explanation is that the burr hole was made to set free malevolent spirits causing illnesses such as migraines or epilepsy. In some instances the removed disc, or rondelles, have been found with pierced holes suggesting they were used as some kind of magical amulet or charm. Cases of trephination have been discovered around the world, and Wells even wrote a report in the journal Antiquity about five trephined Anglo-Saxon skulls found in his home county of Norfolk. In the report Wells suggests that each of the trephinations was performed by the same surgeon using some form of gouging tool — ‘an excellent instrument for performing trephinations’. In his typically florid style Wells concludes his report by complementing the Anglo-Saxon surgeon’s trepanning technique; calling him ‘a master of the gliding gouge’.
As the UK’s leading palaeopathologists in the 1960s, Wells’ expertise was in high demand among archaeological organisations, university departments and museums. Working from his cottage in suburbs of Norwich, Well received skeletal material in the post which he examined in his kitchen or, weather depending, garden. A feature of Wells’ analysis was his willingness to look beyond skeletal remains for information, coining the phrase ‘never trust a bone alone’. As such, Wells often examined secondary material, such as the representation of disease in artwork, ornaments or ceremonial artefacts. One of the final reports Wells completed before his death in 1978 was an analysis of 8,000 terracotta votive offerings excavated at Ponte di Nona outside Rome by renowned archaeologist T.W. Potter.
Romano-Britain, Votive © Calvin Wells
A votive, or ‘ex-voto’ is an offering to a saint or divinity given in fulfillment of a vow, or in gratitude or devotion. One of the most common types is known as ‘ex-voto anatomica’, which are modelled on parts of the human body. Such magical charms are often created to cure or prevent disease and injury within societies that exist in insecure environments. Within the rural farming communities of Ponti de Nona, worshippers most commonly crafted clay hands and legs indicating there was high incidence of injury to those body parts in that area. In the article Wells defends the limitations of diagnosing illness in terracotta artefacts, writing ‘it is better to infer a range of possibilities than retreat into a safe but unhelpful silence, making no attempt to interpret these interesting objects’.
A clay-backed foot. Roman votive offering (CC BY 4.0)
Wells’ research on how a belief in magic imprinted itself on the early history of medicine brought him into contact with authors who frequently wrote on ancient customs and superstitions. The Calvin Wells Archive holds correspondence from a number of renowned folklorists, including Barbara Freire-Marreco, Hilda Ellis Davidson and Ellen Ettlinger. One particularly interesting letters in the collection is from Dr L.S. Ellis, medical physician and author of an article titled On Porphyria and the Etiology of Werewolves. In the course of researching the article Illis came across the legend of the ‘Wildman of Norfolk’ and was curious if Wells knew its origins. Wells agreed with Illis that Norfolk’s ‘Wildman’ possibly had Von Recklinghausen’s Syndrome, a genetic condition which was also believed to have afflicted Joseph Merrick, otherwise known as the ‘Elephant Man’. In pre-scientific times, diseases with inexplicable symptoms were often blamed on supernatural influences and may be the root of various monster myths — such as werewolves and wildmen. In replying to Illis, Wells noted the link between this myth with an historic Norwich pub The Wildman — the palaeopathologist was also a published expert on the etymology of English pub names.
Letter from Dr L.S. Illis to Calvin Wells (7 October 1963)
Upon early assessment the Calvin Wells Archive and Library seemed to be chiefly a bio-archaeological science resource with material that includes skeletal analysis and data, burial photographs and radiographs, and site maps and plans. However the cataloguing project has revealed that there is considerable amount of material related to anthropology and folklore, particularly in regards to how ancient people approached disease and injury. One of the cataloguing project’s primary achievements as been uncovering the multi-faceted research value of the material and making it accessible to future generations of researchers. Once catalogued and available online we hope that researchers from across the academic spectrum will engage with the Calvin Wells Archive at the University of Bradford.
Wells, Calvin (1964) Bones, Bodies and Disease (London: Thames & Hudson)
Wells, Calvin (1970) Disease in Man, Myth & Magic: An illustrated Encyclopedia of the supernatural Issue 23 (BPC Publishing Ltd.)
Wells, Calvin (1971) Man in His World Calvin Wells (London: Baker)
Well, Calvin (1974) Probable trephination of five Early Saxon skulls in Antiquity Vol. 48. pp. 298-304
Roberts, Charlotte and Manchester, Keith (2012) Calvin Percival Bamfylde Wells (1908–1978) in The Global History of Paleopathology: Pioneers and Prospects Ed. Buikstra, Janes and Roberts, Charlotte (New York, NY: Oxford University Press)
Illis, L.S. (1964) On Porphyria and the Ætiology of Werewolves in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine Vol. 57. pp.23-6
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James Neill is a Project Archivist currently leading the ‘Putting Flesh on the Bones Project: Unlocking the Archive of Calvin Wells’, a Wellcome Trust funded collaboration between the University of Bradford’s Special Collections and Department of Archaeological Sciences. Visit the website here.
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Swiss-Belhotel brings special offers to Arabian Travel Market
Swiss-Belhotel International has created exciting packages for wholesalers and tour operators that will be launched at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) taking place in Dubai from April 28 to May 1, 2019. Targeted at Middle East travelers, the group has put together a fabulous range of offers that will be available across its spectacular properties in New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
Laurent A. Voivenel, Senior Vice President, Operations and Development for the Middle East, Africa and India, Swiss-Belhotel International, said: “We are delighted to announce the launch of these exclusive packages that have been designed to provide unique experiences along with greater benefits and value to our Middle East partners as well as customers. We have superb properties located in some of the most sought-after destinations that attract large number of travelers from our region. With the summer holiday season around the corner, ATM presents us the ideal opportunity to launch these. Moreover, this year we are very excited about the ATM Holiday Shopper that we believe is a great addition to the show.”
The Special Packages offer a diverse choice of experiences at unbeatable rates: These include the following:
Special Golf Packages in Indonesia at various destinations – Jakarta, Batam, Bandung, Bali, Tarakan, Belitung, Surabaya, Jayapura, and in Vietnam in Da Lat.
Discounted wholesale rates for hotels in New Zealand and for hotels in Australia.
Early Bird discounts in the busiest destination in Australia, the hotel in Sydney offers 15% discounts for booking within April with stays valid till August and 10% for bookings until August with stays valid all throughout the year.
In Philippines, book at Makati and get a free room upgrade; and when you book at Manila get to enjoy the amazing introductory offer including breakfast for two.
Visitors to ATM can find Swiss-Belhotel International on stand HC0825 located in Sheikh Saeed Arena in Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
eTN is a media partner for ATM.
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Hawaii hotels: Flat average daily rate, lower occupancy so far in 2019
For the first three months of 2019, Hawaii hotels statewide reported flat average daily rate (ADR) and lower occupancy, which resulted in lower revenue per available room (RevPAR) compared to the first quarter of 2018.
According to the Hawaii Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), statewide RevPAR declined to $236 (-3.3%), with ADR of $292 and occupancy of 80.8 percent (-2.7 percentage points) in the first quarter of 2019.
HTA’s Tourism Research Division issued the report’s findings utilizing data compiled by STR, Inc., which conducts the largest and most comprehensive survey of hotel properties in the Hawaiian Islands.
For the first quarter, Hawaii hotel room revenues fell by 4.7 percent to $1.13 billion compared to the $1.18 billion earned in the first quarter of 2018. There were more than 74,300 fewer available room nights (-1.5%) in the first quarter and approximately 190,500 fewer occupied room nights (-4.7%) compared to a year ago. Several hotel properties across the state were closed for renovation or had rooms out of service for renovation during the first quarter.
All classes of Hawaii hotel properties statewide reported RevPAR declines in the first quarter of 2019 except Upper Midscale Class properties ($134, +0.6%). Luxury Class properties reported RevPAR of $452 (-5.4%) with ADR of $594 (-1.2%) and occupancy of 76.1 percent (-3.3 percentage points). At the other end of the price scale, Midscale & Economy Class hotels reported RevPAR of $155 (-5.0%) with ADR of $187 (-0.5%) and occupancy of 83.1 percent (-3.9 percentage points).
Comparison to Top U.S. Markets
In comparison to top U.S. markets, the Hawaiian Islands earned the highest RevPAR at $236 in the first quarter, followed by the San Francisco/San Mateo market at $210 (+15.9%) and the Miami/Hialeah market at $208 (-3.5%). Hawaii also led the U.S. markets in ADR at $292 followed by San Francisco/San Mateo and Miami/Hialeah. The Hawaiian Islands ranked fifth for occupancy at 80.8 percent, with Miami/Hialeah topping the list at 83.0 percent (-2.1 percentage points).
Hotel Results for Hawaii’s Four Counties
Hotel properties in Hawaii’s four island counties all reported RevPAR decreases in the first quarter of 2019. Maui County hotels led the state overall in RevPAR at $337 (-2.7%), with ADR at $428 (-0.9%) and occupancy at 78.6 percent (-1.5 percentage points).
Kauai hotels earned RevPAR of $228 (-10.2%), with flat ADR at $305 (+0.2%) and lower occupancy of 74.8 percent (-8.7 percentage points).
Hotels on the island of Hawaii reported a decline in RevPAR to $225 (-9.7%), due to a combination of decreases in both ADR ($285, -2.0%) and occupancy (79.1%, -6.7 percentage points).
Oahu hotels earned slightly lower RevPAR at $196 (-0.9%), with ADR at $236 (+0.8%) and occupancy of 83.0 percent (-1.4 percentage points).
Comparison to International Markets
When compared to international “sun and sea” destinations, Hawaii’s counties were in the middle of the pack for RevPAR in the first quarter of 2019. Hotels in the Maldives ranked highest in RevPAR at $575 (+4.5%) followed by Aruba at $351 (+11.2%). Maui County ranked third, with Kauai, the island of Hawaii, and Oahu ranking sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively.
The Maldives also led in ADR at $737 (+5.2%) in the first quarter, followed by French Polynesia at $497 (-1.1%). Maui County ranked fifth, followed by Kauai and the island of Hawaii. Oahu ranked ninth .
Oahu trailed Phuket (84.5%, -6.3 percentage points) in occupancy for sun and sea destinations in the first quarter. The island of Hawaii, Maui County and Kauai ranked fourth, fifth and ninth, respectively.
March 2019 Hotel Performance
In March 2019, RevPAR for Hawaii hotels statewide declined to $227 (-4.3%), with ADR of $285 (-1.1%) and occupancy of 79.6 percent (-2.7 percentage points).
In March, Hawaii hotel room revenues fell by 5.9 percent to $373.3 million. There were more than 27,200 fewer available room nights (-1.6%) in March and approximately 66,850 fewer occupied room nights (-4.9%) compared to a year ago. Several hotel properties across the state were closed for renovation or had rooms out of service for renovation during March. However, the number of rooms out of service may be under-reported.
All classes of Hawaii hotel properties statewide reported RevPAR declines in March. Luxury Class properties reported RevPAR of $443 (-7.2%) with ADR of $583 (-3.1%) and occupancy of 75.9 percent (-3.4 percentage points). Midscale & Economy Class hotels reported RevPAR of $150 (-2.9%) with ADR of $182 (+0.8%) and occupancy of 82.0 percent (-3.1 percentage points).
Hotel properties in Hawaii’s four island counties all reported lower RevPAR for March. Maui County hotels reported the highest RevPAR in March at $336 (-1.4%) with ADR of $421 (-1.6%) and flat occupancy (79.8%, +0.2 percentage points).
Oahu hotels reported lower occupancy (80.4%, -2.3 percentage points) and flat ADR ($230, -0.2%) for March.
Hotels on the island of Hawaii continued to face challenges in March, with RevPAR dropping 11.2 percent to $216, ADR to $272 (-4.9%) and occupancy to 79.2 percent (-5.7 percentage points).
RevPAR for Kauai hotels fell to $213 (-14.6%) in March, with declines in both ADR to $286 (-4.5%) and occupancy to 74.4 percent (-8.8 percentage points).
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Four Seasons launches Bali’s first hotel arrival by river raft
Famed for its dramatic treetop arrival via a suspension bridge, the World’s #1 Hotel is now offering guests a 180-degree change of perspective, with Bali’s first hotel arrival by river raft.
Submerged in a river valley close to the artistic center of Ubud, Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan has launched the innovative rafting check-in as an option for guests transferring from its sister Resort, the beach-front Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay on Bali’s south-west coast. Instead of the usual 90-minute road transfer, travellers combining a stay at both Resorts can instead be taken by private car (60 minutes’ drive) to the departure point for a two-hour rafting adventure down Bali’s longest river, the Ayung. While they enjoy a leisurely guided adventure through Class III rapids with views of lush jungle, rice terraces and majestic gorges, their luggage continues by car and precedes their arrival at Four Seasons Resort Sayan.
After discovering secluded sites – including a natural holy spring and an historic dam belonging to Bali’s th-century UNESCO World Heritage-listed subak irrigation system – rafters land directly at the Resort’s Riverside Restaurant. Waiting staff ensure a seamless check-in and within minutes guests are relaxing in their room, delivering a hotel arrival unlike any other.
“The Resort is well known for its magical rooftop arrival. Many guests stop in their tracks and are even brought to tears as they cross the bridge, full of wonder and awe, listening to the forest ‘symphony’ and descending into the hotel from the treetops. This new arrival by river offers the opposite view with a slow reveal from under the canopy of trees, making it perfect for repeat guests who have experienced the bridge arrival before,” says Resort Manager Gianni Costa. “It does not feel like a check-in experience, but rather a transition to another world, welcomed by the friendliest people on Earth.”
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Art Gallery or Hotel? Hotel Oriental Express in Tokyo Ginza
Hotel Oriental Express in Tokyo Ginza is scheduled to open on July 26, 2019.
The concept of Hotel Oriental Express Tokyo Ginza is the “Art Gallery Hotel” where guests can experience an extraordinary stay in the whimsical atmosphere of Ginza artworks generated in collaboration with art galleries in Ginza. The hotel also aims to play a role for Japan based young talented artists to express their artworks to guests from all over the world.
The lobby and rooms, which are themed in white with an accent of silver or in Japanese, “Gin” for “Ginza,” are decorated with carefully selected wall art which express the four seasons of Japan. The lobby doubles as a gallery space, featuring beautiful artworks from partnered galleries in Ginza. Hotel guests can purchase their favorite artworks on the spot.
Experience the town of art Ginza
Wall art designTop left: Wisteria in full bloom in early summer, gently blowing in the breezeTop right: Goldfish scooping at a summer festival; Fireworks reflecting on the water surface Bottom left: Melting snow ice, awaiting spring
Examples of wall art design in partnership with Nada Art Gallery
Wall Art Artist: Ms. Maya Ogata
Ms. Maya Ogata began her art career with a graphic design company after graduating from university. While working for this company, Ms. Ogata was actively engaged in numerous solo and group exhibitions as a wall art artist. Ms. Ogata has painted walls of guest houses, stores, and event spaces as well as presented her art in live performances nationwide.
Revive Your Senses
Breakfast: On a daily basis, the breakfast buffet offers five types of seasonal soups. The hotel’s chef recommends this simple but nutritious breakfast to revive your senses and to start your day. The soups can also be made to go, so guests can enjoy their breakfast at their convenience.
Cafe: During the daytime, the restaurant area is exclusively open to all hotel guests to be used at their leisure. Guests can freely relax and enjoy their time surrounded by artworks, with a drink of their choice from the hotel’s selection of coffee, herbal tea, green tea etc.
Enhance your sensitivity
Music: All guest rooms are equipped with a Bluetooth speaker and embellished with carefully selected wall art depicting beautiful flowers of each season in Japan. Guests can look, feel, and embrace the art and sounds while spending a relaxing time in their room.
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TIME Hotels to open five new properties across Middle East in 2019
TIME Hotels, the UAE-headquartered hospitality company and hotel operator, is set to announce plans to open five new properties across the Middle East during 2019 – as it targets 35 properties by 2025.
The properties, which will see the growth and launch of existing as well as new TIME Hotel brands to key territories throughout the region, will be unveiled during Arabian Travel Market 2019, which takes place at Dubai World Trade Centre from 28 April – 1 May.
Mohamed Awadalla, CEO TIME Hotels, said: “Our pipeline of hotels and residences meet the demands of multiple value-driven markets by offering a high-quality experience right across all of our branded properties.
“We currently have 15 properties in operation across the UAE and wider GCC with new additions in Dubai, Sharjah and Saudi Arabia scheduled for this year as well as extending our presence to Egypt – further supporting our strategic business plan to increase our total portfolio to 35 properties across the Middle East by the end of 2025.”
TIME Hotels will debut its TIME Express Hotels brand with the opening of a property in Sharjah, during the third quarter of 2019. The three-star TIME Express Hotel Al Khan will feature 55 keys in total and is located 15 minutes from Dubai International Airport, 20 minutes from Sharjah International Airport and a 15-minute walk from Al Khan Beach.
In Dubai, TIME Asma Hotel is scheduled to open during the second quarter of 2019. The four-star property, located in Al Barsha, will feature 232 rooms including 12 suites, a gym, swimming pool, jacuzzi, four meeting rooms, a business centre and two restaurants.
“Plans are in place for two floors of the hotel to be reserved exclusively for female travellers, with dedicated services, including: personalised room service, a female-only check-in counter, dedicated ladies-only guest relations, in-house baby-sitting services, and in-room tablets highlighting all of the services offered for women as well as enhanced bathroom amenities in each room,” said Awadalla.
Meanwhile, TIME Hotels’ international openings in Saudi Arabia and Egypt demonstrate the brand’s strength and popularity in markets outside of the UAE.
TIME Hotels opened its second property in Saudi Arabia at the beginning of April. Featuring 28 deluxe apartments – comprising four one-bedroom units and 24 two-bedroom units – TIME Dammam Residence is located 35 minutes from King Fahad International Airport and just minutes from various shopping and dining destinations in Dammam.
Joining TIME Dammam Residence in the kingdom will be TIME Golden Tower Al Khobar. Scheduled to open August 2019, the 65-key property will be strategically located on Al Khobar Main Street and within close proximity to Al Khobar Waterfront. The property will feature a roof-top garden lounge, a gym and a high-tech business centre.
In Egypt, TIME Nozha Beach Aqua Park Hotel & Resort will open its doors during Q3 2019. The four-star property – located in Ras Sudr, on Egypt’s Red Sea Coast – will feature 52 rooms and four suits as well as five castles, 93 villas, 891 chalets and 136 studios.
Located along a 945 metre stretch of white sand beach, the resort will feature the largest aqua entertainment complex in Ras Sudr, complete with various water slides, wave pools and water sport activities.
Awadalla, said: “This is a very exciting chapter in TIME Hotels’ short history as we open TIME Nozha Aqua Park & Resort, our first beach resort and first property in Egypt. Built with leisure and adventure visitors in mind, this resort is fully-equipped with everything the modern traveller requires for the perfect family getaway.”
These scheduled openings follow the signing of a new management agreement by TIME Hotels Management to operate Dunes Hotel Apartments’ three properties located throughout Dubai.
TIME Hotels took over day-to-day operations of TIME Dunes Hotel Apartment Al Barsha, TIME Dunes Hotel Apartments Al Qusais and TIME Dunes Hotel Apartments Oud Metha following the signing of the agreement on 24th January 2019.
“It has been a busy year for TIME Hotels with a raft of properties announced with several of them due to come online within the next 12 months. We have been very strategic with our openings, identifying and assessing the demand within the market and implementing the most suitable brand from the TIME portfolio, that best matches that demand and we’re looking forward to bringing more properties into our portfolio,” added Awadalla.
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Time Hotels to open five additional hotels in Dubai, Sharjah and Saudi Arabia
TIME Hotels, an UAE-headquartered hospitality company and hotel operator, is set to announce plans to open five new properties across the Middle East during 2019 – as it targets 35 properties by 2025.
The properties, which will see the growth and launch of existing as well as new TIME Hotel brands to key territories throughout the region, will be unveiled during Arabian Travel Market 2019.
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Drink like a New Yorker
If you live in New York, work in New York or are doing business in New York – there is only one appropriate drink to order…New York State wines.
New York State of Wine
The New York grape, grape juice and wine industries generate more than $4.8 billion in economic benefits annually for New York State. There are 1,631 family vineyards, over 400 wineries, producing 175,000,000 bottles of wine, generating $408 million in state and local taxes (www.newyorkwines.org). New York’s wineries also contribute to New York State’s exports and in 2012, 19.8% of the wine produced in the state was exported.
Wineries and satellite operations attracted more than 5.9 million tourist visits in 2012, spending $401+ million. The tourism industry (including wineries, hotels, restaurants, retailing, transportation) contributes over 6400 jobs to the state, for a total of $213+ million in wages. The tourist is particularly important to the farm wineries, with sales direct to consumers representing approximately 60 percent of total wine sales volume.
The winery industry directly employs approximately 62,450 people and generates an additional 14,359 jobs in supplier and ancillary industries which supply goods and services to the industry and whose sales depend on the wine industry’s economic vitality.
In excess of 101,806 jobs can be linked to the wine industry and these positions average $51,100 in annual wages and benefits. The total wages generated by direct, indirect and induced economic activity driven by the wine industry – $5.2 billon.
New York State Wines and Wineries (Curated)
At a recent Rockefeller Center/ Rainbow Room wine event sponsored by the Wine & Grape Foundation, Sam Filler, the Executive Director of the organization stated, “New York is home to the first bonded winery in the United States, making our state one of the oldest wine regions in the country.” The objective of the NY Drinks NY Grand Tasting, “…is to showcase the diversity, artistry and accessibility of New York’s wine and food landscape.”
The 8th Annual NY Drinks NY Grand Tasting offered access to over 200 wines from approximately 50 wineries across the state.
Keuka Lake Vineyard. 2017. Turkey Run. Vignoles (Finger Lakes)
Located on the slopes above the southern end of Keuka Lake this winery showcases young vinifera and old hybrid plantings that range from 3-years (representing Cabernet Franc and Vignoles), to vines over 50-years of age (representing Leon Millot and Delaware vines).
Thanks to the Finger Lakes, the vineyard produces excellent fruit. The heat of the summer is retained by the lakes and moderates the extreme cold temperatures of the vineyards in winter. As spring approaches, the frigid waters moderate the warming air temperatures and act as a delay for bud break and lower the risk of frost damage.
The terroir is a glacial mix of glacially laid rocks, sand, silt and clay that has been deposited on the lower slopes above Keuka Lake providing for water drainage that is essential for vine balance and health.
Staci Nugent
The owner is Mel Goldman and the winemaker is Staci Nugent. Nugent attended Cornell and did graduate work in California in genetics. Making a career switch, she enrolled in the wine program at the University of California at Davis, receiving a Master’s degree in Viticulture and Enology. Nugent has worked with highly regarded wineries that include Ornellaia, Italy; Hardy’s Tintara Winery, South Australia; and William Selyem, Sonoma, California. Before joining Keuka Lake Vineyards (2008), she was a winemaker at Lamoreux Landing Wine Cellars.
Sustainable farming practices brings the Vignoles to our attention. The grape is made by crossing Seible and Pinot de Corton, is associated with the Finger Lakes and grows well in the gravel soils (glacial till).
Notes: Keuka Lake Vineyards. 2017 Turkey Run Vignoles
Light bright blonde to the eye, the nose is rewarded with lemons, honey, green grapes and sweet oranges, (lemons and oranges) while the palate enjoys citrus and other fruits with the sweetness tempered by a light acidity. Pair with seafood curry, Buffalo chicken wings, pepper and Swiss cheese.
Red Newt Cellars. 2006. Legacy. Niagara Cream Sherry (Hector, New York)
Located on the east side of Seneca Lake (Hector, NY) in the Finger Lakes region, the winery started in 1998 by David and Debra Whiting and the 1998 vintage produced 1200 cases of Chardonnay, Riesling, Vida, Cayuga, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The first white wines were released in July 1999.
Whiting is considered to be one of the top winemakers in the Finger Lakes Region. Current production of Red Newt Cellars is apprximately 20,000 cases with a white wine focus on aromatic varities: Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris. CIRCLE Rielsing is the most popular and widely distributed wine, made in a classic Finger Lakes style, with hints on tangerine and honeysuckle, citrus and peach on the palate.
Kelby Russell
Kelby Russell is the head winemaker at Red Newt and considered an expert in the art of cold-climate white wines. Thanks to the variable climate of the East Coast, he recognizes that the search for the “perfect wine” is a “false idol, “ finding that the role of the winemaker is to, “…artfully direct what comes into the winery into the best thing and the most honest expression of the year that you possible can.”
At Harvard (Class of 2009) Russell majored in government and minored in economics, was a member of the Glee Club and thought his career would follow a path that would lead to orchestra management. During a study abroad experience in Tuscany he discovered the art and science of making wine.
After graduation, when a job with Jazz at Lincoln Center did not materialize, he visited Fox Run Vineyards and thought he had an interview. The staff was busy with the harvest so he was handed a shovel and offered the opportunity to help on the “crush pad.” This was the begnning of his unpaid internships and he got to spend winters in New Zealand and Australia and autumns in the Finger Lakes as an intern.
His first salaried position in 2012 was with Red Newt as an assistant winemaker. David Whiting, the co-founder and winemaker, promoted Russell to head winemaker and the rest is history. He currently directs the Red Newt house styles and reserves and develops his own Kelby James Russell label with a focus on small-batch wines, from dry rose to Australian-style dry Riesling.
Notes: Red Newt Cellars. 2006 Legacy. Niagara Cream Sherry (Niagara grapes)
The Niagara grape develops into a long-aged solera sherry, creating a complex palate experience.
Bright golden yellow to the eye (think daffodils) with the nose picking up hints of honey, raisins, oranges, apricots, yellow apples, and spices. The finish to absolutely delicious, delivering honey, lemons and spices. Perfect as a dessert course or pair with Blue cheese and pate.
Damiani Wine Cellars (DWC)
DWC was started by Lou Damiani, a Cornell engineer specializing in energy conservation, and Phil Davis. Damiani had an interest in winemaking and his education started in the field of food science before switching to engineering. In the 1990s he returned to study winemaking and mentored under Phil Hazlitt.
In 1996 Damiani wanted to plant Cabernet Franc and Merlot and visited an old friend and college friend, Phil Davis, who was also a viticulturist. They started the project and in 1997 Hazlitt pulled out a hybrid vineyard and planted Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Merlot. When their vineyards started producing in 2003 the next step was to make world class red wines.
Damiani was the head winemaker from 2003 – 2011 and he trained Phil Arras to continue and improve the DWC tradition. In 2007 Glenn Allen joined as a Business Consultant and later became a partner in the enterprise. Today DWC has four main vineyard sites with approximately 40 acres of land under vine and a new tasting room that hosts events and is the retail outlet.
Phil Arras, originally from Philadelphia, moved to the Finger Lakes in 2003 to attend Cornell University and majored in philosophy and political science. Inspired by a class on wine appreciation, Arrras changed his career focus to winemaking. He was hired by Damiani Wine Cellars in 2009 as the assistant winemaker and began “on the job” training. In 2012, Arras became head winemaker.
Notes: Damiani Wine Cellars. NV Marechal Foch “Vino Rosso” Finger Lakes. (Varietal may be a cross between Goldriesling and a Vitis riparia/Vitis rupestris or a cross between Gamay Noir and Vitis riparia – Oberlin 595).
Deep ruby color to the eye, an undertone of tomatoes runs alongside notes of plums and apricots and the tannins are so soft as to be obscure. Pairings might include pasta, barbeque and smoked gouda cheese.
Thirsty Owl Wine Company. 2017. Traminette
Ted Cupp purchased 150 acres of frontage on Cayuga Lake from Robert and Mary Plan, trailblazers who started the Cayuga Wine Trail in 2001. During 2001 and 2002 he began construction on the winemaking facility and tasting room for the Thirsty Owl. In 2002, in cooperation with Shawn Kime, he planted Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Pinot Noir and Malbec. When the doors to the winery opened in 2002, Thirsty Owl had produced 1200 cases.
Jon Cupp, President
Today, the Thirsty Owl is synonymous with award winning wines, including the Governor’s Cup and the John Rose award for Rieslings. The Pinot Noir had the highest rated North American Pinot at the Taster’s Guild International Competition. Thirsty Owl produces Malbec and Syrah as well as blends, reds, whites and ice wine.
Shawn Kime
The winemaker and vineyard master, Shawn Kime, is originally from Romulus, New York and attended Morrisville College and Cornell University. Kime started to work in agriculture at the age of 14 and started winemaking after spending 2 years working with one of the earliest Finger Lake Vinifera growers.
The goal of the Thirsty Owl is to “…make changes in the vineyard and winemaking based on the year to produce wines that not only reflect our region but the growing season…. As a Finger Lakes native, I am proud of the fact that we are producing cool climate varietals that are on par with any region in the world.”
Notes: Thirsty Owl Wine Company. 2017 Traminette (cross between Gewurztraminer and Joannes Seyve 23.416).
To the eye, highlights of golden yellow. The nose finds apricots, peaches, pears, honey and fresh lemons as well as florals (especially roses and tulips) and a bit of spice. The palate is entertained with citrus and lemons, oranges and a bit of earth. The finish brings light acidity making it an interesting dessert wine.
Pair with spicy/sweet and sour sauces on chicken, pork and veal and Cheddar, Fontina and Gruyere cheese.
Benmarl Winery. 2015 Baco Noir. Hudson River Valley
Benmarl (slate hill) Winery is located in Marlboro, NY and covers 37-acres and is considered to be the oldest vineyard in America (it holds New York Farm Winery license no.1). It was owned by magazine illustrator turned vintner Mark Miller from 1957 -2003. In 2006 Victor Spaccarelli purchased the vineyard and Matthew Spaccarelli is currently the winemaker
In the 17th century, wine was being made by the French Huguenots in New Paltz, New York. Andrew Jackson Caywood started his vineyard in the early 1800s. The community was incorporated as the Village of Marlborough, a cluster of grapes carved in its seal commemorated its major crop (1788).
Caywood became an important viticulturist and leading authority in the development of new grape varieties. The Miller family bought the Caywood property in 1957 and renamed it Benmarl. It was purchased in 2006 by the Spaccarelli family. They replanted many abandoned vineyards, refurbished the estate and carry on the tradition of experimentation, planting new hybrid varieties like Traminette as well as Old World vinifera.
Notes: Benmarl Winery. 2015 Baco Noir. Hudson River Valley
The Baco Noir, made from estate-grown fruit, brings dark plum hues to the eye, and delivers the aromas of dark plums, cedar and sage to the nose. On the palate are flavors of blackberry with hints of spice. Tannins give it a structure that is delicious and the finish delivers spice and black berry fruits. Benmarl has been producing Baco Noir for 50 years. Pair with pork roast, pasta with meat sauce, beef burgers with blue cheese.
The NY Drinks NY Event
The elegant Rainbow Room @ Rockefeller Center was the venue for the New York Drinks New York event. As an important wine trade events, many hundreds of wine buyers, sellers, sommeliers, wine educators, and writers convened to experience a wine-range of quality wines produced in New York State.
Wines of Distinction included:
Brotherhood Winery
Brotherhood Winery is the oldest continuously operating winery in America, producing wine for 180 years in Hudson Valley. It features one of the most modern bottling facilties for wine on the East coast, with a capacity of 1.5 million cases er year. A wine current featured focuses on low calories (approximately 90 calories per glass).
Glenora Wine Cellars
Glenora Wine Cellars produces award-winning Finger Lakes wines for over 40 years with a focus on sparkling wine and Riesling, sourcing grapes from 13 growers across four of the Finger Lakes. Glenora opened the first winery on Seneca Lake (1977).
Saltbird Cellars
Robin McCarthy is the owner and winemaker at Saltbird Cellars that started in 2014 and, based on the unique maritime terroir, developed Stainless Steel Sauvignon Blanc, Migratus Barrel Fermented Sauvignon Blanc and Stainless-Steel Chardonnay.
Hosmer Winery
Hosmer Winery is located on Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes. Grapevine plantings date back to the 1970s and early experiments with plantings of classic Vinifera started in 1985. The 70-acre estate includes Rieslings, Chardonnays, Cabernet Francs as well as French-American hybrid varieties.
For additional information: @NYWineGrapeFdn and NYWineGrapeFdn
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Home business homework help An analysis of the poem andrea del sarto by robert browning
An analysis of the poem andrea del sarto by robert browning
I call That piece a wonder, now: She had A heart—how shall I say?
But do not let us quarrel any more, No, my Lucrezia; bear with me for once: Sit down and all shall happen as you wish. You turn your face, but does it bring your heart? I often am much wearier than you think, This evening more than usual, and it seems As if—forgive now—should you let me sit Here by the window with your hand in mine And look a half-hour forth on Fiesole, Both of one mind, as married people use, Quietly, quietly the evening through, I might get up to-morrow to my work Cheerful and fresh as ever.
To-morrow, how you shall be glad for this! It saves a model. How strange now, looks the life he makes us lead; So free we seem, so fettered fast we are! I feel he laid the fetter: And that cartoon, the second from the door —It is the thing, Love!
I can do with my pencil what I know, What I see, what at bottom of my heart I wish for, if I ever wish so deep— Do easily, too—when I say, perfectly, I do not boast, perhaps: I do what many dream of, all their lives, —Dream?
Well, less is more, Lucrezia: My works are nearer heaven, but I sit here. The sudden blood of these men! Speak as they please, what does the mountain care? All is silver-grey, Placid and perfect with my art: Still, what an arm!
But all the play, the insight and the stretch— Out of me, out of me! Had you enjoined them on me, given me soul, We might have risen to Rafael, I and you! Some women do so. Had the mouth there urged "God and the glory! All is as God over-rules. Why do I need you?
What wife had Rafael, or has Agnolo? In this world, who can do a thing, will not; And who would do it, cannot, I perceive: At the end, God, I conclude, compensates, punishes.
Andrea del Sarto Analysis - alphabetnyc.com The title identifies the subject of the poem, Andrea del Sarto, a distinguished artist of the Florentine School of painting. The poem is written in the first person, the speaker being Andrea, not Robert Browning.
Lines 1-10 It is written in the form of a dramatic monologue told from the perspective of the Italian Renaissance painter, Andrea del Sarto.
“Andrea del Sarto” But do not let us quarrel any more, No, my Lucrezia; bear with me for once:
Andrea del Sarto (poem) - Wikipedia Themes Multiple Perspectives on Single Events The dramatic monologue verse form allowed Browning to explore and probe the minds of specific characters in specific places struggling with specific sets of circumstances. In The Ring and the Book, Browning tells a suspenseful story of murder using multiple voices, which give multiple perspectives and multiple versions of the same story.
Analysis of Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning In his poem, Browning cedes the paintings are free of errors, but that alone does not make a piece of art special or evocative.
I dared not, do you know, leave home all day, For fear of chancing on the Paris lords. The best is when they pass and look aside; But they speak sometimes; I must bear it all. Well may they speak! That Francis, that first time, And that long festal year at Fontainebleau!
A good time, was it not, my kingly days? And had you not grown restless How could it end in any other way? You called me, and I came home to your heart.
The triumph was—to reach and stay there; since I reached it ere the triumph, what is lost? I am glad to judge Both pictures in your presence; clearer grows My better fortune, I resolve to think.
I have known it all these years. Ay, but the soul! Still, all I care for, if he spoke the truth, What he? Do you forget already words like those? Well, let me think so.- Robert Browning’s poem, ‘Andrea del Sarto’ presents the reader with his views on the painter’s life, an artist who has lost faith in the Parnassian ideal of living for art, and now has to use art as a living.
‘Andrea del Sarto‘ by Robert Browning was published in the collection, Men and Women. It is written in the form of a dramatic monologue told from the perspective of . More About this Poem. More Poems by Robert Browning. By Robert Browning. Andrea del Sarto. By Robert Browning.
The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church. By Robert Browning. Caliban upon Setebos. By Robert Browning. See All Poems by this Author Although the early part of Robert Browning’s creative life was spent in. A summary of “Andrea del Sarto” in Robert Browning's Robert Browning’s Poetry.
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But do not let us quarrel any more, No, my Lucrezia; bear with me for once: More About This Poem Andrea del Sarto By Robert Browning About this Poet Although the early part of Robert Browning’s creative life was spent in comparative obscurity, he has come to be regarded as one of the most important.
"Andrea del Sarto" (also called "The Faultless Painter") is a poem by Robert Browning (–) published in his poetry collection, Men and Women. It is a dramatic monologue, a form of poetry for which he is famous, about the Italian painter Andrea del Sarto.
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Samsung’s 2016 Smart TVs to Get Better Security, More Games
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Ahead of CES 2016, Samsung has announced more details about its upcoming 2016 Tizen-based Smart TV lineup. The South Korean giant has announced that its new Smart TV lineup will pack a three-layer security solution as well as bring over 400 streaming games (from PlayStation Now) and 100 downloadable games.
The new security solution has been named Gaia, a service designed to offer consumers protection across the Smart TV ecosystem including services, software, and hardware security. The Gaia service will come preloaded on all of the 2016 Samsung SUHD TVs.
Samsung said Gaia protects consumer’s personal data in three ways. It has Secure Zone, which is said to be a virtual barrier that creates a secure space and protects the core service operations. Secondly, Gaia encrypts important data transmitted between the TV and IoT service servers and lastly, the security level is strengthened in terms of hardware which divides the Tizen OS into two parts the main and the security space.
The company expects 2016 as the year the TV will “become the centre for Internet of Things (IoT).”
Announcing the Gaia service, Hyun Suk Kim, President of Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics said, “Protecting consumers’ personal information is of the utmost importance to Samsung, both in terms of the company’s values and what’s needed for the continued growth and success of the IoT ecosystem. GAIA is a security solution that will give Samsung customers security and peace of mind now and in the future.”
Additionally, Samsung announced plans to expand the library of games on its 2016 Samsung Smart TV lineup. The company will showcase some of the upgraded game services at CES 2016. One of the most notable improvements to the Samsung Smart TV lineup is access to the upgraded PlayStation Now service in 2016. The two companies had partnered ahead of CES last year to bring the service to Samsung Smart TVs. At the time, the PlayStation Now library contained only 200 games.
As before, the PlayStation Now service is available in the US and Canada, and offers subscribers access to nearly 300 games. Some of game titles that have recently been added include Mortal Kombat, The Last of Us: Left Behind, God of War III, BioShock 2, and Borderlands 2. Some of the games that were added recently include Assassin’s Creed III, Batman: Arkham Origins, and The Lego Movie Videogame from PlayStation Now.
Users will get a free 7-day subscription to PlayStation Now, following which they will have to subscribe to the service for $19.99 a month.
The company notes that these will be available for gamers to stream directly through their Samsung Smart TVs. It added that the Samsung’s Smart TV Games offers services to gamers in 43 countries and claims to have 4.5 million monthly users.
Apart from the above games, Samsung 2016 Smart TV users will be able to stream games on their TVs users can also download over 100 games to play, including Revolt3, Deer Hunter, Eternity Warriors 3, and more.
Youngchan Kim, Vice President of Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics said, “Samsung’s 2016 Smart TV lineup is a direct response to the expectation of consumers that their TVs should be more than just a device on which to watch content. The new Smart TV gaming service is just one feature of a TV that offers all-round entertainment. Our game offering will continue to expand, as Samsung partners with publishers of popular games.”
Some of the other announcements made by Samsung for CES 2016 include showcasing three Creative Lab (also known as C-Lab) projects “for the first time” at CES. The company has already confirmed that all 2016 Smart TVs will be compatible with SmartThings. The company has also revealed that all of its SUHD TVs will have IoT Hub technology enabling the TV to control other smart appliances.
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ICANN GNSO Council motion on the Final Report from the GNSO PDP Working Group on the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms
April 18, 2019 in Governance | Leave a comment
The GNSO Council has just voted to pass (Contracted parties 100% Non-contracted parties 84.6%) a motion in relation to the Final Report of the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms Working Group, it RESOLVED:
The GNSO Council approves, and recommends that the ICANN Board adopt, Recommendations 1, 2, 3 & 4 of the PDP Final Report. The GNSO Council directs ICANN staff to prepare a Recommendations Report for delivery to the ICANN Board in accordance with the process outlined in the ICANN Bylaws.
The GNSO Council does not approve Recommendation 5 of the PDP Final Report and directs the Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs (RPM) PDP to consider, as part of its Phase 2 work, whether an appropriate policy solution can be developed that is generally consistent with Recommendations 1, 2, 3 & 4 of the PDP Final Report and:
accounts for the possibility that an IGO may enjoy jurisdictional immunity in certain circumstances;
does not affect the right and ability of registrants to file judicial proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction;
preserves registrants’ rights to judicial review of an initial UDRP or URS decision; and
recognizes that the existence and scope of IGO jurisdictional immunity in any particular situation is a legal issue to be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
The GNSO Council intends to amend the charter for the RPM PDP Working Group to reflect this new instruction accordingly.
The GNSO Council affirms that it will take into account its approval of Recommendations 1, 2, 3 & 4 in considering the recommendations it receives from the RPM PDP Working Group.
The GNSO Council thanks all the members of the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP for their hard work in completing this PDP.
Explanatory Note/Rationale:
The GNSO Council is of the opinion that Recommendations 1, 2, 3 & 4 do not constitute substantive policy recommendations, in the sense that they neither create new policies nor amend existing ones (including Consensus Policies). However, the GNSO Council acknowledges that Recommendation 1(a) and 1(b) propose that “no specific new dispute resolution procedures are to be created” and the Council’s approval of this recommendation should be taken into account when considering the final recommendations it receives from the RPM PDP Working Group.
The GNSO Council recognizes that Recommendation 3, if approved, may be interpreted as precluding any potential changes being made to the UDRP and/or URS. The GNSO Council wishes to clarify that, in its view, Recommendation 3 is concerned with ways to avoid jurisdictional immunity problems and does not address the specific issue of jurisdictional immunity; viz., the respective Rules for the UDRP and URS, as currently worded, require a complainant to submit to the jurisdiction of a national court, which may be incompatible with the jurisdictional immunity that some IGOs may enjoy in certain circumstances.
The GNSO Council does not approve Recommendation 5 of the PDP Final Report as it believes that approving this recommendation will effectively result in: (a) a substantive amendment of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension procedure (URS), both of which are under review by the GNSO’s Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs PDP; and (b) a potential reduction of the existing level of curative protections currently available to IGOs notwithstanding the fact that the PDP had been chartered to determine “whether to amend the UDRP and URS to allow access to and use of these mechanisms by IGOs and INGOs …or whether a separate, narrowly-tailored dispute resolution procedure at the second level modeled on the UDRP and URS that takes into account the particular needs and specific circumstances of IGOs and INGOs should be developed”
Domain Industry Brief Q1 2016 – Now 326.4 Million Domain Names
July 19, 2016 in Domains | Leave a comment
VeriSign has just released it’s latest issue of its Domain Name Industry Brief which shows that the internet grew by nearly 12 million domain names in the first quarter of 2016 to 326.4 million domain names; equating to a 3.8 percent increase over the previous quarter.
The report shows the current 10 largest TLDs as .com .tk .cn .de .net .org .uk .ru .nl and .info
Is the Internet fragmenting?
May 10, 2016 in Governance | Leave a comment
The Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC) is holding a panel discussion on Tuesday, May 10 from 3:30 – 5:00 pm US EDT (UTC-4). Panelists will discuss the different types of Internet fragmentation, their associated technical, economic, and political impacts and when fragmentation may be desirable or problematic. Additionally, the panelists will examine how these should be taken into consideration in policy making.
The kinds of questions the panel are hoping to explore include:
Is the global, open Internet moving away from a network of networks that is universally interoperable to a series of networks fragmented along policy, technical or economic lines?
What about the increasing use of DNS and content filtering?
As some governments pass laws related to data localization and restriction of cross-border data flows, what will the impact be?
What other factors have the potential for causing fragmentation?
A Live video stream is to be recorded and made available for viewing after the event.
Second level .au domains to be introduced by auDA
April 19, 2016 in Domains | Leave a comment
AuDA who manage Australia’s ccTLD .au have approved a 2015 policy proposal to let people register second level domains under .au.
The Board agreed with the majority views expressed in the Panel’s final report, that the introduction of direct registrations would:
make available domain names which are shorter, more appealing and more memorable
give Australians more choice in deciding what domain name to register
respond to market demand
be more attractive to natural individuals than the current option, id.au
strengthen the “.au brand” in a globally competitive market
add value to all three main categories of users – registrars and resellers, registrants and ultimate users of the .au domain name system.
auDA will now undertake a policy delveopment process which will include a proposed date for their introduction.
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The idea is to bring the owners of premium domain names together with angel investors and young, skilled developers, with the hope that some workable business ideas might emerge.
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The developers keep the IP rights to whatever they code during the event. It’s up to the domain owner to choose to collaborate, buy their IP or walk away.
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Comments sought on transitioning IANA away from US Government oversight
August 5, 2015 in Governance | Leave a comment
Lawrence Strickling the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator is urging all parties with an interest in the IANA transition to review the proposals to transition IANA functions away from US Control and provide feedback to the working groups.
This is the best way to make your voice heard and make a difference. It is particularly important that stakeholders everywhere evaluate whether these plans meet the criteria that we have said must be part of the transition.
IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal (.pdf)
In recent days both the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) and the Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) on Enhancing ICANN Accountability have posted their proposals for review and final public comment. Comments are due September 8, 2015, for the ICG’s proposal and September 12, 2015, for the CCWG’s proposal.
ICG – IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal: Call for Public Comment
CCWG – Enhancing ICANN Accountability
Mobile accounts for almost half of China’s retail ecommerce sales
August 2, 2015 in Internet | Leave a comment
eMarketer latest report on ecommerce sales in China has just been released and it shows the phenomenal growth of mobile usage and associated mobile ecommerce in China. The estimates put mobile ecommerce in the Chinese market at nearly 450% of the US market. http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Mobile-Accounts-Almost-Half-of-Chinas-Retail-Ecommerce-Sales/1012793
Retail sales on tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices will reach $333.99 billion this year in China, according to eMarketer’s latest estimates of retail sales around the world, up 85.1% from 2014. That figure represents 49.7% of all retail ecommerce sales in the country this year.
Shorter domains are coming to .nz at the end of September 2014.
September 18, 2014 in Domains | Tags: .nz, cctlds, Domains | 2 comments
At the end of this month the .nz domain name space will undergo a momentous, once only change. From 1pm, 30 September 2014 (NZDT) people will be able to register or reserve domain names in the second level directly before the .nz – e.g. anyname.nz
The Domain Name Commission is offering some Registrants the option to reserve the shorter version of their .nz domain name for up to two years. Reserving the shorter version of a name gives Registrants time to decide whether they want it or not, without anyone else being able to register it in that time.
A two-year time frame was deemed a sufficient enough amount of time for Registrants with the reserving option to consider the idea. It would also give, for example, businesses, clubs and other types of bodies time to change their signs, vehicles, etc. to incorporate their new domain name.
Those eligible to reserve can do so by going to the www.anyname.nz website with their Unique Domain Authentication Identifier (UDAI) from 1pm, 30 September 2014. Though it should be noted that anyone who chooses to reserve their .nz domain name directly at the second level will no longer have any rights to this name if they let their existing domain name lapse.
When Nominet opened up the second level of the .uk namespace, they gave priority to registrants in the .co.uk namespace over those in other second levels such as .org.uk, net.uk or .me.uk. The Domain Name commissioner for .nz has taken a different approach which doesn’t offer precedence for co.nz or precedence for earlier registration dates.
“For reasons of fairness, where there is more than one Registrant competing for a .nz domain name to be registered directly at the second level the Domain Name Commission does not believe preference could be given to the oldest registration.
Similarly, the Domain Name Commission does not believe one second level should have preference over any other. For example, the Registrant of anyname.co.nz should not be treated differently to the Registrant of anyname.school.nz.
US Department of Commerce to give up control of ICANN
March 14, 2014 in Governance | Tags: ICANN, Internet Governance | Leave a comment
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration has announced today its intent to transition ICANN Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community.
To support and enhance the multistakeholder model of Internet policymaking and governance, the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announces its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community. As the first step, NTIA is asking the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to convene global stakeholders to develop a proposal to transition the current role played by NTIA in the coordination of the Internet’s domain name system (DNS).
“The timing is right to start the transition process,” said Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Lawrence E. Strickling. “We look forward to ICANN convening stakeholders across the global Internet community to craft an appropriate transition plan.
Press release: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions
Yahoo! Domain Name Auction at Sedo
November 13, 2013 in Domains | Leave a comment
Sedo is holding a domain auction for some of Yahoo!’s domain names. The auction runs from tomorrow, 14th through 21st November.
Reserve Range ($) – Domain
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50,000 – 99,999 USD globalwhois.com
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25,000 – 49,999 USD blogsport.com
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Still Life with Apple
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Signed: "Preller" (Upper/Right)
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Throughout the 1950s, Alexis Preller modelled his paintings upon the generic carved head figure. Whether the head is surrounded by other symbols or stands alone in the composition, it remains the focal point of his still lives. In the Visual Biography: Alexis Preller: Collected Images, Karel Nel explains that the carved head is inspired by Preller’s early studies of “a small ebony carving that had been the model for African Head and the Gateway”. Preller was intrigued by statuettes such as the Benin Bronze Head housed in Berlin’s Museum Fur Volkerkunde. However, in each one of the paintings in which Preller depicts the carved head, he adorns it with different patterns and colours, rendering every figure distinct from the other.
In “Still Life with Apple” (1957) Preller repeats the outline of the statute, creating the illusion of seeing double. In contrast, “African Head” (1953) is a smooth depiction— the head is painted with surrealist human qualities which draw attention to the eyes, lips and nose. However, “Still Life with Apple” is a development of the still life theme, where the carved figure is treated as another object as opposed to a semi-human representation.
Preller experiments with still life technique as the central arrangement of head, apple and cheese has no grounded relationship to the surrounding subject matter. Instead haphazard clashes of blue diagonals float in a sunset of African orange. Whereas Preller’s diagonal treatment of form, notably in the apple, reminds the viewer of cubist still lives, the subject matter is undeniably influenced by his upbringing in South Africa and his studies into African art objects further north.
In this way, Preller reveals both his painterly skill as well as his academic prowess. He had a deep understanding of how to combine different techniques and international art influences into his works. This creates still lives which are akin to no other— they testify to the artist’s inward vision of reality together with his outward knowledge of humanity.
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Union of Isis and Osiris
May 1, 2015 January 26, 2016 / grayastrology / 8 Comments
Aegis of Isis (Copper alloy ca. 900 – 600 B.C., Egypt)
On April 28, 2015 the Isis and Osiris asteroids conjunct at 6° Leo
Previously on March 2, 2013, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 11° Aquarius
In June 2011, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 12° Leo
In April 2009, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 13° Aquarius
In August 2007, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 21° Leo
In August 2005, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 23° Capricorn
In October 2003, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 0° Virgo
In October 2001, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 14° Capricorn
In December 1999, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 7° Virgo
In December 1997, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 18° Capricorn
In May 1996, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 16° Leo
In January 1994, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 22° Capricorn
The next conjunction of the Osiris and Isis asteroids will be on January 27, 2017 at 8° Aquarius
On April 28, 2015 we experienced a union of the asteroids named Isis (#42) and Osiris (#1923). Since their last conjunction at the beginning of March 2013, I have been working with a theory that each time the Isis and Osiris asteroids join we experience a resurrection of their archetypal themes in our lives. In particular, I have been theorizing that their conjunction could connect on an archetypal level with the moment of myth in which Isis melds the dismembered body of Osiris back together, fashioning him a new phallus she thereby inserts inside herself in an act of sexual magic that leads to the birth of Horus. Along these lines, there could theoretically be an impact of re-animating the Osiris archetype in our collective at the time of their conjunction.
Following their previous conjunction in March 2013, I wrote articles about the Osiris and Isis asteroids you can read here: (1) Osiris: Alchemic Archetype, and (2) Isis: Archetype of Love and Devotion. My aim in this article is to return to these archetypes and explore how this new phase between the Isis and Osiris asteroids fits within our current astrological transits and chaotic current events.
Isis with her wings around Osiris, from Temple of Isis, Philae, Egypt
Some say Osiris and Isis fell in love in the womb of Nut, the Egyptian Night Sky Goddess, twin lovers who were born from the mating of Sky (Nut) and Earth (Geb). Nut and Geb also gave birth to two other siblings, Set and Nephtys, and these four siblings grew up within epic drama. Osiris was a fertile Nile River god who ruled as pharaoh with Isis (whose name meant “throne”) as his mate, a goddess of magic and nature. There are different versions of their story, but common to the plots is the characterization of Set as being jealous of Osiris and hungry for his seat of power. In some versions Set’s anger is intensified when his wife Nephtys seduces Osiris by disguising herself as Isis, giving birth to the jackal-headed Anubis from their mating.
The pivotal turn of the plot comes when Set tricks Osiris into climbing into a coffin which he then seals and sends down the Nile River in order to claim the rulership of Osiris for himself. After Isis searches for and finds the coffin holding Osiris in a journey that contains parallels to the myth of Demeter searching for her daughter Persephone, Set steals it and cuts the body of Osiris into fourteen pieces. Isis responds by transforming herself into a winged kite and flying to retrieve all of the missing fragments of her lover’s body except for his phallus. While there are different versions describing how Isis restores her husband’s sex organ, including one in which Thoth retrieves it for her from a fish, in all versions Isis manages to completely reassemble and reanimate Osiris long enough to make love to him and become impregnated with their offspring Horus. Ultimately, Osiris descends to the underworld and resurrects himself as the ruler and healer of souls of the dead.
There are themes of Taurus and Scorpio in the story of Osiris and Isis, as the Venusian love of Isis (Taurus) brings her lover Osiris back from death (Scorpio), transforming his fertile earth rulership (Taurus) into the realm of Soul and Spirit (Scorpio). Fittingly, this new conjunction between Isis and Osiris fell within the lunar cycle of a waxing Moon ripening toward a Full Moon in Scorpio in the coming days ahead. In the polarity between the fixed, potent signs of Taurus and Scorpio we feel the full spectrum of what it means to be Soul incarnated in the flesh of our human bodies and mind. In the week leading up to the recent conjunction between Osiris and Isis and in the week since, current events such as the devastating earthquake in Nepal and the riotous protests in Baltimore have been collective points of focus that have been both gut wrenching and heart opening. In moments of collective trauma, especially now with the widespread access to images and information through social media, the hearts of humanity can become united to a greater extent. This is true even in polarizing events such as the riots in Baltimore that provoke intense arguments between divergent perspectives. The story of Isis and Osiris holds the intensity of their love that can weave together the most disparate of parts, and heal the dismembered and fractured parts of our being. In the astrological wake of the seventh square between Pluto and Uranus, and the Libra Lunar Eclipse on April 4 that re-activated it, we have all had core emotions and issues stirred up to work through with love.
Isis (2013) by Yaroslav Gerzhedovich
Isis is a synthesizer of love and wisdom from our experiences, and by transit and aspect in our natal chart the Isis asteroid (#42) signifies unity, loyalty, devotion, sustaining, reassembling, resurrection, soul retrieval, healing of fragmentation, and finding wholeness of Self in relation with the Other. Unlike her son Horus who wanted to avenge his father’s death at the hands of Set, Isis did not attempt to destroy Set but rather through love transcended their conflict, reuniting with her lover Osiris and propelling him into a deeper realm of power as the judge of the dead in the underworld.
There are many authors who have interpreted the story of Isis and Osiris through a depth psychology perspective, and in the alchemical work of Carl Jung the goddess Isis has been linked with the Prima Materia of alchemy. As the Prima Materia is a primal, formless Source of all matter containing All, in a similar way through time Isis became a goddess who unified many goddesses from diverse cultures into herself. At one point, she was depicted as the wife of the pharaoh with the hieroglyph for a throne on her head, but eventually became merged with the goddess Hathor as she also became a mother depicted with the cow horns and solar disk of Hathor on her head. As the figure of Osiris gained prominence, her mythic story also shifted to incorporate him, and their story became an important mystery ritual for ages. Moreover, following the traumatic invasion of Alexander the Great through the region, a figure whose conquests linked ancient teachings from Greece through Egypt, Babylonia, and India, Isis continued to synthesize and merge with other cultures, becoming associated with Aphrodite, Demeter, and many other goddesses and known as the Queen of Heaven.
The daughter of Night (Nut) and Earth (Geb), Isis has been commonly connected to the sign of Virgo in astrology. The Virgo rulership of Mercury is interesting to ponder in association with Isis, as Mercury can move between the upper world and underworld and weave a web of connections between seemingly disparate points of focus. Virgo also has an archetypal link with Isis through it’s polarity with Pisces, as Isis is a mythic figure who embodies the ability to integrate the detailed practical magic of Virgo with the expansive love and compassion of Pisces that flows in search of ultimate understanding. We can also find themes of Virgo and Pisces in the form of the winged kite that Isis transforms into when searching for her dismembered beloved:
Kites have symbolic association with the underworld and psychic regeneration similar to Isis, as red kites often feed on dead animals in addition to the smaller mammals that they hunt. In this way they provide a service to humans and their environment by helping to dispose of the dead that could otherwise rot, and they do so with a graceful flight that is an apt image for the times we can flow within the polarity between Virgo and Pisces. Transformed into a winged kite in search of the fragmented pieces of Osiris, Isis draws upon the detailed discernment of Virgo to not only find all of him but to also magically reanimate him through a Piscean act of love. For these reasons Isis has also been linked to both the Virgin Mary as well as Mary Magdalene and their love for Jesus, another story with strong Virgo-Pisces themes.
With the recent conjunction of Isis with Osiris occurring in Leo, we receive guidance that courage and loyalty will be of vital importance in our journey ahead, loyalty to the pursuit of our own creative actualization in the face of societal limitations and oppressive conditions. Isis does not call for us to be perfect, but rather to embrace our flawed humanity and live from as authentic a place as possible, full of love for the life we are living and the beloved we hold dear to our hearts.
Osiris (circa 664 – 332 BCE) photograph by Rama, Wikimedia Commons, Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr
The Osiris archetype involves themes of becoming, fertility, regeneration, individuation, destruction, death, and rebirth. Aspects by transit or in the natal chart with the Osiris asteroid (#1923) can also connect to places we have been wounded by societal conditioning and where we need to explore and transform ourselves. Approaching the archetype of Osiris brings us into our vast collective unconscious, as he has served as a nature god of fertility, a ruler of kingdoms, and the lord of the underworld who judges and heals the soul of the dead. As Neptune is an astrological signifier of our collective unconscious, it is fascinating to note that the recent conjunctions of the Isis and Osiris asteroids have fallen conjunct either side of the nodes of Neptune. The South Node of Neptune is around 11° of Aquarius, and the Osiris-Isis conjunction was at or near this degree in March 2013, April 2009, and will be again in January 2017. The North Node of Neptune is around 11° Leo, and the Osiris-Isis conjunction was near this degree in June 2011 and the current conjunction this past week was about five degrees away. In addition, with the upcoming Full Moon in Scorpio being in trine to transiting Neptune in Pisces, there is a significant Neptunian potential within the recently past and freshly begun cycles between the Isis and Osiris asteroids.
A clue to what this could mean exactly is found in the book Embodying Osiris: The Secrets of Alchemical Transformation, in which Dr. Thom Cavalli interpreted the Osiris story through an alchemical Jungian lens and connected Osiris to the Prima Materia just as other authors have connected Isis:
Osiris is a model of submission. He allows all the terrors that befall him to occur, just as the prima materia endures the tortures of the laboratory. Such deliberate sacrifice is meant to serve as a model for personal individuation. It justifies all the pain we daily suffer in order to transcend this world and leave it wiser and more enlightened. Submission and trust in this process allow love to enter the vessel. We are then embraced by the Mother and taken into her arms. Her only aim is that we bring something new and unique into the world. (p. 205)
Osiris has strong association with Scorpio and Taurus through gaining mastery of unconscious forces (Scorpio) that can be utilized as an inner resource (Taurus). As Dr. Cavalli wrote, “Osiris, then, is the archetypal energy activating the unconscious so that it is not only a repository of memory, but also an incredible resource in everyday life” (p.41). With the upcoming Full Moon in Scorpio being in square to Jupiter in Leo, and the new cycle between Isis and Osiris also beginning in Leo in range of a wide square to the Scorpio Full Moon, we can viscerally feel the difficulty of our path at this time and how we can feel dismembered at times by experiences of trauma and oppressive aspects of society that can condition us if we do not consciously resist them.
Yet there is Light to lead us courageously forward on our path within our conscious ego and unconscious, if only we keep faith to find and receive it. This golden navigating ability is found within our own darkness and shadow. As Dr. Cavalli wrote in Embodying Osiris, “From time immemorial there have been taboos to keep one from discovering this divine inner light, for unless we are ready to receive it we will either misuse this sacred light or destroy ourselves” (p. 101). This brings up the archetype of Scorpio the Full Moon will be illuminating in a few days, and how we can find our true authenticity through the testing of taboos and boundaries of our surrounding culture no matter the temporary shaming by others it may bring. When our passionate Leo desires help us breakthrough the rigidity of Taurus to change and merging, we can develop our inner Scorpio capacity of how to use and merge resources with other for the greater collective benefit. Through the Pisces surrender of transiting Neptune and the Capricorn responsibility of transiting Pluto, we can flow with the changes occurring around us while standing firm within our sense of essential nature. We can then liberate ourselves from the aspects of societal condition that go against our authenticity, not out of action that breaks cultural taboos for the sake of rebellion only, but rather for the sake of making clear choices that align with our personal truth.
Horus in relief block from building of Amenemhat I (ca. 1981 – 1952 B.C.) in Egypt
When we additionally bring in the figure of Horus who was born from the love between Isis and Osiris, we integrate another elemental theme: justice. Among other significations, justice will be an essential theme of Saturn’s transit through Sagittarius, and the complex ripples of effect that are created from choices to seek vengeance out of a sense of personal or collective justice. As Sherman Alexie wrote in his novel Flight, “Is revenge a circle inside of a circle inside of a circle?” The more we look into the conflicts surrounding us in our collective, the more we can see perpetuating cycles of wrongs being attempted to be made right. Horus is the child of Isis and Osiris and the restorer of justice for Osiris, focused on avenging his father through removing Set from power. In Embodying Osiris: The Secrets of Alchemical Transformation, Dr. Thom Cavalli portrayed Horus as a liberator of humankind’s individuality in the face of collective conditioning, “representing the incorporation of inner values and with it, an individuation process that perfects the uncivilized shadow that dwells within each of us” (p. 185). As Osiris ultimately judged the souls of the dead in balance with the feather of Ma’at, Dr. Cavalli wrote that this desired quality of ma’a-kheru that can be translated as “true of voice” can also be applied to individuals such as Horus who come to terms with “their own heart rather than merely giving blind obedience to the state” (p. 185).
Fascinatingly, the Horus asteroid (#1924) has been transiting conjunct Venus in Gemini this week during the initiation of a new phase between the Isis and Osiris asteroids. As transiting Venus is the ruler of the transiting North Node of the Moon in Libra, and Pluto retrograde in Capricorn is still within range of a square to the lunar nodes, there is an evolutionary potential for each of us to gain a greater sense of our true heart and voice within the societal dynamics surrounding us. In this way whatever has been frustrating as an obstacle or limitation, or even as an oppressive source of suffering, can be seen in another way as a force demanding that we speak and embody our truth.
Cavalli, Thom. (2010). Embodying Osiris: the Secrets of Alchemical Transformation. Quest Books.
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Neighbors Slam BOE Proposal for Temporary Lighting on CMS Field; P&Z Says Come Back with More Details
By: greenwichfreepress | October 25, 2017
Greenwich Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Jill Gildea at the Planning & Zoning commission meeting, Oct 24, 2017 Photo: Leslie Yager
During Tuesday’s Planning & Zoning commission meeting, an application from the Board of Education for temporary lighting at Central Middle School, more questions were left unanswered than answered.
The BOE’s request was specifically for 6 portable 30′ high light poles operated by diesel generators from Monday to Friday from 3:45 pm to 7:00pm to illuminate a field at CMS for the Greenwich High School rugby team practices from late October thru Dec 8, and then again in early spring 2018. The lights would be taken down on a daily basis, and then stored between the late fall and spring.
Greenwich Schools superintendent Dr. Jill Gildea said GHS would like to move its boys Rugby teams to CMS for their 90 minute weekday practices. That would include freshmen, JV and Varsity teams who have been playing on Greenwich High School field #7 from 4:30pm to 6:00pm.
“If this lighting option doesn’t happen, what’s the worst case scenario?” asked P&Z director Katie DeLuca.
Dr. Gildea said the worst case scenario would mean contracting with rental fields and transporting kids to out-of-town fields for practices.
“Availability is our current issue,” she said. “As a town, we’re in need of an additional turf field with lights. We’re going to have to find locations where neighbors are comfortable with lights, or find some land to develop a true sports complex for the town.”
Gildea, who appeared before the commission with facilities director Daniel Watson, might have been joined by representatives of the BOE, GHS Athletics Dept, and administration but for an error in communication about the meeting date. All were under the understanding that the meeting was set for Thursday.
Gildea said the entire town – not just children – is very active. “We have to think long term, strategically as a town. …It’s a town issue, not just a school issue. In order to stay viable and moving.”
“If we could move the rugby teams over to Central, that would give us that field for different teams to slide in there,” Gildea said.
Though the request was to use the CMS field until 7:00pm, practices currently end at 6:00pm. Gildea explained that the extra time reflected the desire for a “little buffer.” She said they’d be happy to comply with a 6:30pm end time.
Gildea said the athletes would be picked up by their parents in the CMS parking lot.
Asked why the proposal was for six generators, Mr. Watson said that even with a muffler, it would be impossible to illuminate six lights with one generator.
“I don’t like rushing to decisions without all the information,” commissioner Andy Fox said. “We need specific numbers of students and specific sports.” Mr. Fox also asked for photometrics and decibel counts of the generators.
On a personal note, Mr. Fox said that driving through the neighborhood at 3:15pm, he had to take a significant detour to avoid the after school traffic.
Mr. Macri said his main concern was about safety during parent pick up.
There were multiple concerns expressed by neighbors about the safety.
Rosemarie Anner, who lives at the end of Coachlamp Lane, said the junctions at Indian Rock and Orchard and in Indian Rock and Stanwich Rd have become particularly dangerous.
“It’s a bottleneck,” she said, adding that there is a pathway that leads to the CMS field diamond. “I’ve lived on Coachlamp for 38 years and originally there were multiple no parking signs. Now parents park on Orchard and Coachlamp Lane to pick up kids coming from across the field. You cannot tell me parents won’t park on Orchard. It’s very dangerous,” she warned.
Pathway from the CMS fields to Orchard Street features a sign warning against ticks. Photo: Leslie Yager
View from Coachlamp Lane across Orchard Street to the Central Middle School Field. Photo: Leslie Yager
Anner said she was concerned the agreement would not be temporary. “The Board of Education has made a decision about start times without considering the ramifications, and now this neighborhood and these children will be impacted by the lack of foresight.”
Liane Tel said she stands at the corner and watches her child cross Orchard to CMS because cars speed by.
The speed limit is 20 mph during drop off and pick up times, and 25 mph otherwise.
“I don’t feel like our neighborhood should have to suffer for a decision made by the BOE,” she said, adding that with all three rugby teams, she estimated 100 teens will be picked up after practice. She said that from her home, she sees students being picked up on Orchard after crossing the field and walking down the path.
Tom Ryan of 17 Coachlamp Lane said CMS is described on the town website as ‘nestled in the historic heart of Greenwich with its small town feel.’
“That small town feel is dissipating,” he said. “It can’t handle the traffic now. It’s treacherous.”
Mr. Ryan said parents already park with two wheels on the grass on Orchard Street or at the entrance at Coachlamp Lane. He also said that diesel exhaust for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, creates pollution and is a cancer risk.
“I don’t think it’s a good thing for student athletes, the students at the middle school, or the children in the neighborhood to have those generators there,” Ryan said. He also said he didn’t believe the arrangement would be temporary.
“One only needs to pay attention with what’s going on in this town. Look at how quick the board is to disavow their agreement at the high school,” he said. “That was an official agreement, yet as soon as it’s inconvenient they want to reopen that litigation. Why would any commission or member of the public take the board at its word that this is temporary? That would be naive. If you let them in, they’ll never leave.”
Brian Tunney of 221 Orchard Street pointed out that the fields at CMS fill with water after rainfall.
“Those are grass fields and they’ll be closed at least half of the time because of rain,” said Mr. Tunney, who also suspected the arrangement would become permanent. “I believe if you put them there, they’re going to stay.”
Tunney said that with three schools – Cos Cob, GHS and CMS – all dismissing within 15 minutes of each other, it took him 45 minutes to drive home from the Post Road, which he said normally takes five minutes.
Arthur Yee, a physician who graduated CMS in 1971, said traffic was always bad, but has gotten worse.
Dr. Yee said he and his wife live on Coachlamp Lane, but will not let their daughters walk to school. He said people disobey the stop sign at Orchard and Indian Rock Lane.
Yee said he was also concerned about exposing athletes to the diesel fumes. “Have there been efforts made to somehow juggle the schedule at the high school and make it work before imposing on our neighborhood and potentially exposing children to toxic fumes from diesel fuel?”
The superintendent and facilities director Daniel Watson agreed to provide several pieces of data and information in advance of the November 7 P&Z meeting.
They said they’d provide the existing schedule of practices and number of athletes who play on each field at GHS, proposed spring 2018 dates for use of the CMS field, the number of children who will arrive and leave practice, specific plans for pick up, and an agreement that no parents would pick up children on Orchard Street.
They agreed to furnish a photometric study to meet 6-153 and provide proof the generators will not exceed 55 decibels at the property line.
The P&Z commission also asked whether the path from the field to Orchard Street is illuminated, and requested environmental data on diesel exhaust to be generated and for alternatives to six generators, including extending power from the school, or running a single generator.
They also asked BOE to review the Safe Routes to School study from 2002.
The BOE was asked to evaluate “good neighbor solutions” for the future and provide a contingency plan after rainfall renders the field unplayable.
Lastly, the P&Z commissioners asked whether the Municipal Improvement is consistent with the POCD.
The item is slated to return to the P&Z commission on November 7.
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The Village at Machrihanish Dunes: ‘One of the UK’s Top Golf Resorts’
11.42pm 4th January 2018 - Travel - This story was updated on Friday, January 5th, 2018
The Village at Machrihanish Dunes – the acclaimed Scottish seaside resort – was named No. 19 in Golf World’s inaugural “Top 100 Resorts in Britain and Ireland” list. The list also heralds Machrihanish Dunes as the No. 6 best place to stay and play in Scotland, calling the course “golf in the raw” and describes the resort’s Ugadale Cottages as ‘sensationally good’.
5th hole from tees, Machrihanish Dunes – Argyll Scotland
Rankings for this list, the first Top 100 of GB&I Golf Resorts produced by Golf World, were compiled with the assistance of golf travel industry insiders and well-travelled golfers. Each resort was marked in four categories; golf course/s, accommodations, non-golf amenities, and setting, with quality and quantity of courses representing nearly half of the overall mark, 40 points out of 100.
“Since opening, The Village at Machrihanish Dunes has been fortunate to be recognized for the quality of our golf course, our exceptional accommodations, world-class service and commitment to sustainability and economic development in the community,” said David Southworth, Founder and CEO of Southworth Development, an affiliate of which owns and operates The Village at Machrihanish Dunes. “We’re very proud of our team and hope we can continue to capture the hearts of golfers and guests from around the world that stay at Mach Dunes.”
Machrihanish Dunes Golf Course, a 7175-yard links course that was designed by native Scotsman David McLay Kidd, opened to critical acclaim in 2009. The first 18-hole links course in the UK to earn certification by Golf Environment Organization (GEO), the course was the first links course built in Western Scotland in 100 years, and the first ever to be built on a Site of Scientific Interest (SSSI). In the construction of the course only seven of the course’s 259 acres were altered, and Machrihanish Dunes maintains strong environmental and sustainable practices, including no use of chemical pesticides or herbicides and no mechanical fairway irrigation. Machrihanish Dunes Golf Course is consistently named to the lists of best golf courses in Scotland and Great Britain and Ireland.
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The resort’s two historic hotels, The Ugadale Hotel in Machrihanish and The Royal Hotel in downtown Campbeltown, were painstakingly restored and reopened in 2012. Both hotels have earned luxury four-star status, having undergone a rigorous review process by VisitScotland.
Since its opening, The Ugadale Hotel has earned a slew of awards, including ‘Best New Hotel,’ ‘Best Golf Hotel,’ and ‘Best Small Hotel’ from the Scottish Hotel Awards and Golf Tourism Scotland, while The Ugadale Cottages have themselves earned the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. The Ugadale Hotel features 22 rooms and suites, many with stunning golf course and ocean views, the boutique Serenity Spa, a fitness center, and dining options that include The Kintyre Club for more formal dining and The Old Clubhouse Pub for a casual bite. The Royal Hotel offer 23 rooms, all overlooking picturesque Campbeltown Harbour, along with the lively Black Sheep Pub and a fine-dining restaurant, the Harbourview Grille.
The Village at Machrihanish Dunes is a majestic destination where guests can experience the striking beauty of Scotland, enjoy premier links-style golf, dine and relax. For more information, or book a stay, visit http://machrihanishdunes.com
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Almost Jan 8th now.. Still no update.. Maybe I'm just unlucky
Fido plays a lottery game and whoseever number comes in lucky draw, they press a button called update... thats what I think the staggered rollout means. Its literally a joke now when you have to wait over 25 days to get an update...
very bad experience, and probably done intentionally to promote apple and google devices
@Proac wrote:
Gabbie1977
For my P20 Pro i click that update button like crazy, every day since Dec 19th, in the morning, at noon, in the afternoon, in the evening, after midnight, rinse & repeat the next day.. Still no update as of Jan-10th at 7:57am EST.
My next phone 10000000% will be a google pixel phone, that way i will get the update in time and not have to wait for it.
The sad thing is people place the blame on Huawei when in fact it's Fido that's the issue. Pretty much every where in the rest of the free world they've had the update as far back as October. If I was inclined to rebrand my phone to another country code I could have the update immediately but why should I have to pay some third party vendor to unlock the bootloader and allow me to do that? IPhones with Fido never experience this problem because Apple has control of their iOS updates and Fido isn't in the loop.
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@Proac wrote:...The sad thing is people place the blame on Huawei when in fact it's Fido that's the issue. Pretty much every where in the rest of the free world they've had the update as far back as October....
EMUI 9 launched alongside the Huawei Mate 20 Pro in October, but the new version of the OS hasn’t made its way to the P20 or the P20 Pro yet.
Read more at MobileSyrup.com: Huawei P20s on Bell will get EMUI 9 on December 12
"EMUI 9 launched alongside the Huawei Mate 20 Pro in October, but the new version of the OS hasn’t made its way to the P20 or the P20 Pro yet." ~ taken from here (December 11, 2018).
"The EMUI 9.0 update will hit the Huawei Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, Huawei P20, P20 Pro, Honor Play, Honor View and the Honor 10 “very soon,” according to Huawei." ~ taken from here (December 18, 2018)
White knighting for Fido doesn't change the fact that Android 9.0 has been available on the P20 Pro in most other markets for months now. The OS was launched last Ma. I don't find it unreasonable to expect an update in a timely fashion Why must we always be the sisters of the poor when it comes to updates?
Clarifying inaccurate information is not 'white knighting'!
Lets agree that the update was available after Dec 19 and Fido started rolling... but how many devices FIDO sell that it takes over 20 days to reach the clients ...
Fact is the vast majority of Huawei P20 Pro users in other markets already have their updates. Even if they didn't receive it OTA they can use Hicare and get it directly from Huawei.
Fact the hardcore Android fans with the P20 Pro simply change the country code and rebrand the device and bingo they have the update.
Fact the anecdotal evidence seems to suggest very few people have received the OTA update thru Fido even though it's been pushed out since Dev19th. That's a long time How many devices are in a batch? 100😳
Fact I guarantee I won't see the update by the 14th either.
Fact I'm pretty sure if I told Fido I'd pay my bill sometime between the 19th and the middle of the next month and then didn't deliver they'd be a little upset.
Just because you placed 'Fact' in front of a statement doesn't necessarily make them actual facts...
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[The Witcher] Season 1 May be Done, But the Memes are Still Going
SilverWind Registered User regular
I watched the rest of the season
(full season spoilers, book spoilers)
I gotta say, episode 6 (dragon) was my favourite so far. If you just remove Ciri's story and like the last ten minutes of the Geralt and Yen plot I'd have said it was excellent. The parts they cut (e.g. the long meal with Borch, the knight dude challenging the dragon to single combat) were either the right calls or understandable given their CGI budget; things were lighthearted and funny; Yarpen was fantastic and so was Jaskier; I didn't mind the CGI of the dragon. But then it was a bit harder to tolerate Yen using blades instead of magic, and then harder still to have her interpret Geralt's last wish that way without the show indicating otherwise (Wyborn thought it was inappropriate as a whole to have Yen assume he wished away her free will when that never seems like the case in the books; I think it's fine to have Yen cynically assume that that was what happened when it wasn't, though I agree it's a shame they didn't go with the books' version where her issue is thinking she can't truly actually love other people).
Oh, Ciri's part was still awful though; having the dopper there and be a serial killer was... an odd choice. They could've just had him be non-violent and threatened him into compliance, and Ciri could have gotten away because the doppler's better nature shows through? He acknowledges the law of surprise? That would have a) kept to the books better and b) wouldn't have resulted in more gratuitous violence. But I take it the point was having more gratuitous violence to begin with
Episode 7 was... odd, being half of the Something More story, which they lengthened into most of two episodes instead of just part of one like the others. It really feels like nothing much happened. More than that, having Geralt remain in Cintra during the fall, and earnestly try to find Ciri... kinda absolves him of his part in the destiny fuckup? I don't get why they did it, as sharing the blame with Calenthe (and his guilt over the situation) makes for an interesting character bit.
Oh and having Istredd reject Yen was........ a choice
Episode 8 - jeepers, they sure kept the part with Geralt's mom, which feels even more odd than it does in the stories (perhaps because there isn't a gradual allusion to her in the earlier episodes). I didn't mind seeing Sodden, though the magic was sadly lacking again, or outright bizarre (the worms......). Introducing Vilgefortz that way wasn't very compelling; I feel like even if he chose to throw the battle he'd have wanted to do it in some way that still made him seem impressive. And he probably should have been kept a bit more impressive to the audience as well. And I guess the reason they made fire magic forbidden was so Yen could channel that final fire in the ending sequence?
I always love the second part of the Something More story, with the merchant and his wife, and it was done pretty good here--but having it be Geralt and Ciri's first actual meeting feels... really strange? And them embracing really changes the feeling of the scene. And I'd have preferred not to have her last second disappearance and Renfri talking.........and that last line of Ciri's was just abrupt and I'd have strongly suggested some other way to do it (perhaps her seeing Yen and Geralt in a vision and having the closing statement about all three of them together, not phrased as a question)
Wuff, OK, season done. General feeling about it: it wasn't fantastic, but then I am really glad it's gotten the series more attention from the general public, and will inevitably get more people reading the books and playing the games
The main weakness, I feel, was making the tone of the show a lot more grim and violent than the stories. The books, especially the short stories, are so, so fun and funny and lighthearted and also suddenly bittersweet and tragic, and it's easy to see where Netflix (or even the writers themselves) felt compelled to Game of Thrones it up but with a far lesser budget
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Kana Registered User regular
The weirdest overall decision to me for this season is the way they handle Ciri
She ends up getting a lot more screentime than if they had followed the books, and yet a lot less characterization. She mostly just like, follows people around. She just seems like a very ordinary girl right now, which... Is gonna be tough for future seasons, because Ciri's a weird character. Like good, but she's like... Well, if she was any character from the Expanse, she'd be Amos.
That whole last sequence was kind of weird beyond just Ciri
Like in the show the guy that Geralt saves is Super Nice, he's like taking time to bury bodies of people he doesn't know. And his wife is also Super Duper Nice, to the point that it feels like she must actually be evil because nobody actually acts like that.
The book version is just much better...
The guy is just a merchant who's been on a long trade journey, and now he's almost home with all his profits for like 2 years of work. So when his cart breaks his assistants flee but he stays, and he makes a deal with Geralt to save him from the monsters about to attack. The whole point is that he's a merchant, seemingly motivated by greed, who'll die before he sees his profits disappear. It's not that dissimilar from other shady characters who've repeatedly tried to rip Geralt off in the past, and Geralt doesn't have a high opinion of him. And Geralt gets hurt in the fight and passes out... This ordinary merchant now doesn't need to pay, he can easily just leave Geralt to die. And instead he doesn't. He pays for medicine and a doctor, he looks after him, he helps nurse Geralt back to health. It's the much more normal characterization of finding out someone's just a decent guy who's going to do the right thing even though there's nothing in it for him. And I think it's a lot more powerful than the show version - obviously a saint will treat Geralt as a fellow human being, it means a lot more when it's coming from just a normal-ass regular dude who's just practicing common decency.
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Platy wrote: »
Henry Cavill spends his free time playing vidyagames so you all are probably safe
I wonder if Henry Cavill now plays Witcher 3 with the mod that makes Geralt look like Henry Cavill
Grog My sword is only steel in a useful shape.Registered User regular
and the one that mutes geralt's VA so he can say all the lines instead
That is a bizarre mod. Geralt's VA work is great. Some people are so weird.
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Just popped in to say the show is my first experience with the series but I went out and got the first two books (the short stories) and read them immediately. I prefer the show’s portrayal better so far: I enjoy the more serious tone. To each their own though, I understand it’s a matter of preference.
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Kana wrote: »
Ah, agreed! I had only remembered his eventual kindness but now that you point it out I completely agree
I also think it's weird as hell they had Geralt as old as he was when abandoned by his mother. Makes for melodrama I guess, but why would you raise a child through the most difficult periods and then decide far after that to give them up?
It's not especially clear when Geralt was abandoned in the books, especially since he could have lost memories of his time pre Trial of the Grasses, but he doesn't remember his own name, much less his mother's, and has to get out of Vesimir
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Cavill is a situation where although I love his acting and how he inhabits the character, I have no urge to retroactively change the games for it
I really like Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo but I'm not pushing George Lucas to reshoot Ford's scenes in ANH
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I've nearly finished reading The Last Wish and I think it's better than the show. Show leaves a lot out and makes some changes I'm curious about the logic for
A Matter of Price
In the book it seems like Geralt knows/suspects Parvetta is pregnant and invokes the law of surprise with the intention of getting a kid out of it. But in the show it's all a big whoopsy. I guess they don't have time in the show to convey his logic behind it and not make him seem like a child snatching creep? But the book version is way more interesting.
On the other hand I think I prefer show Calanthe to book Calanthe, from what I've seen so far.
Brovid Hasselsmof on January 15
Ooh, I'm glad you're reading! Will you move on to Sword of Destiny?
Yeah probably. I've already got Blood of Elves on my kindle but I gather I should get and read Sword of Destiny first? Do all the short stories take place prior to the novels?
Yes they do.
Cool, I shall pick it up before I start Blood of Elves. Gonna have to buy it as my library system, which covers all the libraries in 3 counties, only has a single copy. Needless to say it is currently unavailable.
Javen Registered User regular
It’s likely the latter
Geralt intending to claim a child by invoking the law of surprise turns him into a pretty horrible creep, and kind of taints his entire relationship with Ciri. Maybe the books tackle this, but the format of television episodes doesn’t really mesh well with diving into exactly how problematic that is, while still keeping the camera on Geralt.
I thought Geralt claiming the law of surprise and then apparently being, uh, surprised that he got a kid out of it, when that is the exact situation he'd just witnessed with Duny, just made him seem really dumb.
Karoz Easy Breezy Registered User regular
I thought it was so exceedingly unlikely and despite their love thinking that would be the outcome seemed really fitting?
But eh I loved the season overall and have not read the books so may just be me.
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The books do make it clear
TLW
Geralt says he doesn't believe in destiny at the same time he sincerely hopes for it (he claims to be a pessimist/realist but he wavers and really, is way more emotional than he lets on). When he invokes the law thinks the surprise may be a child, and a lot more is developed of how the Child of Surprise is someone capable of and destined to do amazing things. There's a lot more talked about how witchers commonly make this demand since they can't reproduce and in A Matter of Price Mousessack identifies Geralt as a Child of Surprise too
Sword of Destiny spoilers
Of course, Sapkowski retcons/changes that in SOD and clarifies Geralt was abandoned by his mother. However, he then builds up the whole "witchers commonly ask for the Law of Surprise" thing since there's a belief this will result in the discovery of the strongest witcher of them all, who won't require the Trial of Grasses/mutations to become one of them COUGH IT'S CIRI
Geralt wavers back and forth on hoping/believing and being a grumpy pessimist and it's fantastic
Geralt's surprise child in the books:
From what I remember in the books, it's very much Geralt delivering a major fuck you to Calanthe after getting jerked around like crazy that whole time. It's a bit of poetic revenge.
But he mostly just wants to fuck with Calanthe, he doesn't have any real interest in collecting the debt. He's perfectly content riding away and like and indefinitely delaying collection of the debt.
Oh, weird inconsistency within the show
So uh since they make it clear that mages get hysterectomies during their enchantment (and Istredd throws this in Yen's face so I assume oddly the guys don't get the equivalent???) how the hell did Geralt's mom give birth to him
In the books, again, it's simply the natural use of magic that renders someone infertile, and there are exceptions (usually to disastrous results)
SilverWind wrote: »
I was under the impression she was a hedge witch, not a court mage
So she wouldn't have gone through all that and it actually makes more sense?
It just struck me as weird because a Witcher intentionally claiming a child through the Law of Surprise seems like something the old Witchers would have done, when they needed more children to throw into the grinder and torture via their mutation/initiation methods. Which Geralt definitely seems to resent having been done to him. So effectively stealing a child, when he himself was abandoned and forced into that life, doesn't seem like something he'd do consciously.
Platy Registered User regular
I don't remember what the Witcher castle was named, I think it was something like Geralt Fort
Straightzi wrote: »
Hunh,
I'd assumed most everyone in the North is Aretuza trained, but that may be because of the books
That makes sense enough! Thank you
DemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
Actually that doesn't seem inconsistent at all? If the only reason they are infertile is by going through that particular process that means she could just have.. not gone through that process. It seems even more direct than in the books because that is actually an ongoing question people had about Geralts mom in the books that was never directly explained. And people had to dig up a few lines where it was offhandedly mentioned that there were some very rare exceptions to that rule to find the answer.
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I completed the Witcher 3 base game, including every side quest I could find and every point of interest on the maps. I didn't do any Gwent, but that's the only thing I skipped. It took me 87 hours.
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Javen wrote: »
I'm just literally going off what is in the book, not what I believe about Geralt's intentions
"Duny," said Geralt seriously, "Calanthe, Parvetta. And you, righteous knight Tuirseach, future king of Cintra. In order to become a witcher, you have to be born in the shadow of destiny, and very few are born like that. That's why there are so few of us. We're growing old, dying, without anyone to pass our knowledge, our gifts, on to. We lack successors. And this world is full of Evil which waits for the day none of us are left."
"Geralt," whispered Calanthe.
"Yes, you're not wrong, queen. Duny! You will give me that which you already have but do not know. I'll return to Cintra in six years to see if destiny has been kind to me."
"Pavetta," Duny opened his eyes wide. "Surely you're not-"
"Pavetta!" Exclaimed Calanthe. "Are you... Are you-?"
The princess lowered her eyes and blushed. Then replied.
That seems pretty cut and dry to me.
Gwent would be fine if it were speedier. M
This is another interesting concept, and fits in with the idea that Geralt doesn't believe in destiny. But show Geralt definitely seems to think destiny is a whole big ol' thing.
Kruite Registered User regular
Show Geralt believes in destiny, but he definitely hates it.
I approve of the departure from the books.
Agreed. I think it was made specifically for the doppler mod if you wanted to play as a lady.
Cavill's voice is tolerable but Cockle has a lot more nuance
It's pretty impressive how much he manages to emote considering how monotone Geralt's voice is
WhiteZinfandel wrote: »
Uhhh gwent IS the base game
Wyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
It's really safe (better, even) to skip the first game in a lot of ways, but one of my favorite moments in that whole trilogy is when Geralt's around a field hospital, monologuing about the sounds of dying plague victims and the doctors who are fighting against the inevitable, the culmination of many failures of the human condition
Then he stops for a second and goes "Damn, I'm gloomy"
Wyborn on January 15
Wyborn wrote: »
One of my favorite sequences from the books is a major battle sequence which is told mostly from the perspective of a battlefield hospital. They don't find out who actually won until the night after the battle, the entire struggle is them trying to maintain functionality in the face of human misery on an almost incomprehensible scale. Very reminiscent of like descriptions of civil war surgery tents. Sapkowski is eeextremely unenthused about the glories of war.
Kana on January 15
Schmimpy Pim- no god what am I saying Registered User regular
Speaking of those hospital scenes, minorish spoilers,
I remember the surgeon inspecting some dead guy and it turned out to be some witcher who was in the battle for some reason? Is that dude in a short story?
Schmimpy Pim- no god what am I saying on January 15
That's impressive!
I didn't get into Gwent, missed plenty of side quests and did not go out of my way to find every point of interest(probably didn't even get half the ones in the second location) and was still well over 100 hours.
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System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2009: $2,500 Performance PC
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descendency
No price bumps required. Just ditch the BDR drive. A DVDRW drive is fine. BluRay on the PC is trash because you have to use garbage programs that get worse every time you upgrade them (and upgrading is required...). Niche upgrade. (get a standalone and hook it up to a TV. If you are in a college dorm, watch DVDs... you're probably broke anyways)
Cut the 2TB drives down to 1TB drives. I can't imagine how niche what you have to do to require over 2 TBs of space and it to still be legal. RAID 1 is over-kill. You aren't a data server (too niche).
That's easily 600$ saved that can be used towards a better case, better CPU/MoBo combo, SSD, and better GPU options (granted, the GPU was limited by stock and not by cash... more of a comment for people doing research for their next system).
JonathanDeane
"Should the next marathon include a dream system at twice the price?"
Would be kinda cool, but I might drool...
"Should we instead adjust every system budget by a smaller amount to align with recent price increases?"
Seems like the top end system could use a budget bump but I would keep the lower end systems as they are, they represent realistic budgets for people who do not have gobs of cash.
"Should we stick to gaming or general-purpose power machines, rather than trying to create the best of both worlds?"
Hmmm thats a tough question, on the low end maybe having a game option and just a general PC could be a great way to fit a better machine in that budget (hey when you don't got that cash you have to sacrifice sometimes and make tough choices) but the top end machine hmmmm nahhh if your spending that kind of dough you should get it all!!!
[citation][nom]descendency[/nom]No price bumps required. Just ditch the BDR drive. A DVDRW drive is fine. BluRay on the PC is trash because you have to use garbage programs that get worse every time you upgrade them (and upgrading is required...). Niche upgrade. (get a standalone and hook it up to a TV. If you are in a college dorm, watch DVDs... you're probably broke anyways)Cut the 2TB drives down to 1TB drives. I can't imagine how niche what you have to do to require over 2 TBs of space and it to still be legal. RAID 1 is over-kill. You aren't a data server (too niche).That's easily 600$ saved that can be used towards a better case, better CPU/MoBo combo, SSD, and better GPU options (granted, the GPU was limited by stock and not by cash... more of a comment for people doing research for their next system).[/citation]
Try reading before you post this garbage, and then learn some math. Your assertions concerning more than 2TB and RAID 1 are useless when RAID 1 makes it less than 2TB. Wow.
I think everyone who can afford RAID 1 or 5 should use it, unless they don't care about their data. And the article already said that most people don't need more than 1TB anyway, so you add nothing to the conversation. That includes your useless commments about Blu-ray writers which only people at the high-end can understand: If you don't understand their usefullness, you're not in the high-end market and your comments here are as irrelevant as someone who prefers Honda cars criticizing luxury car buyers.
[citation][nom]doubleagent[/nom]Only 3.6 Ghz??! Seriously?I've got my I5 (2.6ghz stock) running at 4ghz reliably. I did it with the Corsair water cooler and Corsair 1600mhz memory/fan. I think the motherboard did a great job, too, it's a Asus P7P55D Pro. I did have to add a fan on the side, where the intake usually is, to keep the motherboard cool. Otherwise, no problem.I'll have to look at getting a an I7 and trying over-clocking it.[/citation]
To prove what exactly? That you got a better processor than the one seen here? The builder has one also, and you'll notice he gets 4.3 GHz consistently out of his other LGA-1156 Core i7. You think maybe it's because your motherboard is better? Have you looked at who writes the big motherboard comparisons? No, this was a combination of a hotter-than-normal core (bad luck of the draw) and a cooler that didn't perform as well as expected.
[citation][nom]Lamiel[/nom]8GB of RAM is overkill for a gaming rig. There aren't any games out there that would even use 4GB. Strange choices...[/citation]
Not so strange when you consider that the machine you're looking at is NOT a gaming rig. It's a power system that also games: It has extra storage for tasks such as video editing, and has extra RAM for multitasking with some of the very applications used in the benchmark set. 8GB is kind of light when you're trying to build the ultimate power system.
I can already see when I win this I am gonna have to do some major modifications. Like getting rid of the junkie ram, case, and HSF. Other than that looks nice.
[citation][nom]Anonymous[/nom]I can already see when I win this I am gonna have to do some major modifications. Like getting rid of the junkie ram, case, and HSF. Other than that looks nice.[/citation]
If you read the review you'd find that the RAM that was used is better than most DDR3-1600. I know, it's junk 'cause it has no sinks, even though most of the RAM that had sinks performed worse. Sinks that are attached with double-sided tape can actually reduce cooling effectiveness over no sinks, so...buy super-premium RAM instead, like DDR3-1866 or higher?
I really like the idea of an all-round system that also does games vs a gamer system, but that's because most of the PC market doesn't play games and that's my business. Even our gamer customers want a powerful system first, and then the expensive video card often comes later on, when they can afford it in most cases.
I respect Mr. Crashman's opinion and rarely disagree with his comments. I have to take exception with this though:
I think everyone who can afford RAID 1 or 5 should use it, unless they don't care about their data.
RAID 1, 5, 10 is not, and never has been a very good backup solution. Its designed for redundancy, mainly servers that need to be up and running/accessed 24/7. The backup drives are run as much and as hard as the primary drives, making them just as vulnerable to failure. They're also generating and contributing heat to the system. I'd never recommend anyone use RAID as a backup solution. I've seen the backup drives fail before the main drives far too often, and in some cases when the array has been corrupted all data and the OS were lost, making this a very expensive and fragile backup system.
I like RAID 0 for the additional speed. As I said earlier, 2x1TB drives in RAID 0 will be about as fast (depending upon the hard drives used) for reading and writing as the SSD used here. The only thing they can't match is the access time. 3x or 4x 1TB drives in RAID 1 are faster and quite a bit faster than SSD for reading/writing. Its hard to justify SSD costs when you can get 3x 1TB drives that are faster in this situation and store enough data for most people's life time, for the same price.
For backup, E-SATA is where its at:
*Turn the backup drive on only when you want to backup to it. Keep it turned off the rest of the time and save on its life/reliabilty.
*Use it in a cheap docking station or enclosure and its easy to hide/put away for safe storage and contributes no heat to the system.
*Hot swappable, so can be turned on whether the computer is running or not.
*Just as fast as any other (single) hard drive on the system, or multiple drives can be used in a separate RAID 0 array for faster read/write speeds.
*Make image backups of your OS partition and keep them on E-SATA backup drive for the best OS backup possible.
*If the unthinkable happens (lightning strikes, voltage spikes from brownouts, etc.) RAID 1 data runs the same risk of being lost as no backup solution at all, where the separate E-SATA data is still intact.
*It costs nothing more to run E-SATA backup than RAID 1 (if you plug in directly to the hard drive) or slightly more if you go with an external enclosure or docking station.
Just my humble opinions and reasons for them.
Lamiel
Crashman - 10 seconds here, 10 seconds there... That's about the extent of the perf boost by moving from 4 to 8 gigs on average. Unless you're running VM's or doing a lot of modding, I just don't see the practical benefit for even the normal power-user. If you fall into a niche category that would actually make use of the additional memory, then by all means go for it. But if it's between more RAM and more graphics muscle, on a machine geared towards all-purpose computing, 4GB is plenty.
sithkiller
I like to keep it building with a $2500 limit. It lets you build a really good system within a reasonable price. Then individuals depending on their needs can give or take from specific areas of the system to fit their needs. Good article.
I like to keep it building with a $2500 limit. It lets you build a really good system within a reasonable price. Then individuals can give or take from specific areas of the system to fit their needs. Good article.
trying2
Something that ALWAYS gets me on these system reviews/ suggestions is WHAT IS GOOD ENOUGH? Myself, that means having all programs and games not stutter during usage. And though we can't quantify everything, it also means a good viewing performance and quick enough load times for apps and the operating system. I think THG tests and reports enough different tests to answer these items.
Now getting back to "good enough", or should I just say Good. I know a faster processor, FSB, and more RAM memory creates a faster smoother everything. But what is Good enough/good? 4,6,8 MB Ram? Whats the difference? What is the rule of thumb for a good SysMark score? How much resolution do you need / want in a game? While some things are Totally a personal preference, and i LOVE that THG posts several games in several different settings (so that we can put our own judgements on what to get), when it comes to complete systems, where do you draw the lilne? Personally, I want my computer system to boot up in under a minute- whatever that takes. I don't care if its a 10,000 rpm Raptor, or a SSD drive, or whatever RAID configuration. I want the bottem line. And while total storage can be a personal decision as well, again where do you draw the line? (I would take a stab at 500 GB for the bottem end, 750 GB for the Mid, and at least 1 TB for the high end.) My thought is for the High End system, why not a single SSD for quick boot ups, and a single (because of $ restraints) 1 or 2 TB drive? Isn't 1,000 GB enough? I personally never use a redundant RAID setup/system. I just plug the HDD in. I've only had 1 HDD go bad in 18 years of being a PC owner, and the scan disk utility warned me before hand it was going bad. (Still works, just LOTS of bad clusters, and got worse.)
Also where do you draw the line on processor speed? Hard to tell the difference between a 2.2 and a 2.6 GHz something.
The bottem line, what I know is that movies are filmed at a rate of 30 fps, and are then put through an editing room which reduces it down to 24 fps. So, why do I need/want dual $300-400 video cards to produce 100+ fps??
The screen resolution on the monitor mostly depends on the size of the monitor (around 840 x 600 would look good on an 8" monitor, but 1024 x 768 would be required for a 16" monitor, etc.) That is why I like that THG posts different resolution sizes.
WHAT I DO is look for the review of my favorite game (or game type), look for the resolution for what I play at, and find a VGA that produces at least 50, prefer at least 60 fps with AA and AF enabled. That way, it will look great, and I know it will be strong enough to handle future games, and I wont need to upgrade it any time soon. (My experience has been by the time I need stronger graphics, buying an old video card to give me SLI is no longer cost effective. And of course it can't support the latest and greatest DivX / GL stuff.)
Personally, I read THG and pricescan.com and find out the best bang for the buck that is strong enough to meet my needs. I then eithor put together a system myself, or buy one with those parts in it, or close to it. I then do an upgrade about once a year, and after about 5 years replace the entire CPU. (I reuse the monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse, UPS, and the storage hard drive.)
The idea is, faster better things are always coming out in the computer world, so the initial purchase of a PC system doesn't have to be perfect. And for those commenting on the system, remember, there IS a price cap. That is why THG sometimes doesn't go with that higher part, or dual option!
I love how THG gives a product, and goes on to explain why they choose that product.
xtc28
^^Now thats what I call a good USER review of a THG build!!!!!!!!!!
This would be a sick build, gotta sell my liver though some time soon.
darasen66
Not the best build ever made and that is ok. What makes these articles great is that they are realistic. I am sure Tom's has enough parts floating around that they could make a 10k rig. I am sure Mr. Soderstrom could have likely walked across the lab and grabbed another heatsink and cooler from another build or many things like that.
What we get instead is getting the parts from a single (I think) reliable source just as most people would do. Doing the best to stay with in a certain budget and trying to make the best machine for it. When things go awry in the build that is FAR more informative than saying "Hey, we took all these super parts we have lying around and built this awesome machine." I also like the reality check that all CPUs are not the same even the same type. (If I read another bad review for a x3 720 because some bozo couldn't unlock a 4th core...) Not all reach the same OC limits.
gammaraptor
not bad... but i would pay a bit more for a better cpu.
I think the CPU is fine, but can't figure out why they didn't go with a P55A motherboard to get the SATA3 and USB3 for when they become easily obtainable.
[citation][nom]dark41[/nom]I think the CPU is fine, but can't figure out why they didn't go with a P55A motherboard to get the SATA3 and USB3 for when they become easily obtainable.[/citation]
Wow, you skipped reading the entire article and the comments to repeat that? The P55A doesn't support SATA3 and USB3 when two graphics cards are installed, end of story for the P55A.
Mr Crashman,
Wow, you assumed all that from my post?
I didn't skip the article, just don't see it as a well thought out decision.
As I said, for when USB3 and SATA3 become more easily obtainable. I don't assume the system will be running 2 video cards forever, but apparently you do. I believe most users would want some flexibility that your decision didn't provide. I'd rather not be handcuffed by such things as the motherboard not supporting them, if at some point I decide to go that route. Comprende?
After all, the point of this system is to show others how to build an all around system that also games well, rather than a gamer that does other things well? The P55 choice seriously puts a damper on the "all around PC" perspective. Now its a gamer that does other things, which is what every gamer system you guys have ever built has been.
And no, I don't bother reading 10 pages of replies, especially when there is no option for editing posts, which means a good % of them are clarifications or edits.
[citation][nom]dark41[/nom]Mr Crashman,Wow, you assumed all that from my post?I didn't skip the article, just don't see it as a well thought out decision.As I said, for when USB3 and SATA3 become more easily obtainable. I don't assume the system will be running 2 video cards forever, but apparently you do. I believe most users would want some flexibility that your decision didn't provide. I'd rather not be handcuffed by such things as the motherboard not supporting them, if at some point I decide to go that route.[/citation]
I'd rather not be handcuffed by an x8 graphics slot as soon as I decide to enable the USB 3.0 controller. I certainly wouldn't pay extra for a device that causes my graphics performance to drop like that. If anything, I'd rather add a PCIe x1 card at 2.5 Gb/s if I decided to add USB 3.0 later, because I'd much rather have my USB 3.0 performance cut in half than my graphics performance. Remember that even at 2.5Gb/s, a USB 3.0 interface is around twice as fast as the fastest desktop hard drive and even a little faster than an Intel X25-M SSD.
Oh, but hey, you DO still have the option you complained about. You can add a PCIe USB 3.0 expansion card, which will likely cost about the same as the price difference between the P55A and P55 motherboard models. Using the expansion card preserves your x16 pathway set for graphics, so it appears the P55-UD4P plus a PCIe USB 3.0 card IS the superior solution. By your definition of what's important, the correct board was chosen.
Crashman, I tell you what! Somepeople really know how to push your buttons I think. Just the fact that the posts are many times plain retarded, poorley thought out and rude would be enough to drive me crazy!!! Some of the suggestions I have read have been stupid or ignorant. Computers are here as a convenience and toys for many of us. I give you guys props for all the hard work and rresearch that goes into THGs builds.
Its not a matter of pushing buttons, its a matter of clarity.
Um.. its only when you're running a single graphics card that you have to drop to PCI-E x8 on a P55 chipset with USB 3.0 enabled.
You're already dropped to x8 by running a pair of Radeon HD 5870s in crossfire with that chipset? If so, you lose nothing more by enabling USB 3.0 on a P55A.
[citation][nom]dark41[/nom]Its not a matter of pushing buttons, its a matter of clarity.Um.. its only when you're running a single graphics card that you have to drop to PCI-E x8 on a P55 chipset with USB 3.0 enabled. You're already dropped to x8 by running a pair of Radeon HD 5870s in crossfire with that chipset? If so, you lose nothing more by enabling USB 3.0 on a P55A.[/citation]
LOL, you lose an entire GRAPHICS CARD to run USB 3.0. If this was a single-card build it would have required a 5970, along with the wait, and you'd end up with TWO GPU's fighting over those eight lanes.
P55A-UD4P is just too much compromise, the least compromise would be to add a USB 3.0 card to the PCIe x1 slot and use the P55-UD4P.
Strange, I contacted Gigabyte.tw support before my last post to make sure I had my facts straight (nice to know these things as a system builder as I sure don't want to mislead anyone). They tell me there is no further loss from graphics using crossfire x8 and x8 and enabling USB 3.0 in BIOS, and that this is why they've discontinued the P55 line. In his words, the P55A does everything the P55 does... and more.
So either you have your facts wrong, or this particular person from Gigabyte's support has his wrong. But when I googled enabling USB 3.0, I find many results that say the same thing as he did (that dropping from x16 is only a factor when using a single graphics card as all crossfire on this chipset runs at 2 x x8, and that this doesn't make much difference anyway, and that full x8 and x8 is available when using crossfire and enabling USB 3.0 on any P55 chipset).
I'd just like to know the whole story here. I still think P55A was the way to go, and Gigabyte does too as they have indeed discontinued their P55 line.
[citation][nom]dark41[/nom]Strange, I...asked a salesman, and he said his product was perfect...[/citation]
Did you read the recent CrossFire Scaling article at the site...let me think...Tom's Hardware?
Yea, put an edited quote in my name because that's funny. Then add some witty sarcasm, which obviously is intended to piss someone off. I guess that's all to be expected from someone who still thinks RAID 1 is a backup system. If TG was that smart, they'd retire you as you're obviously too childish and behind the times for this job. But since they don't, that doesn't say a lot for their credibility.
You continue to show your ignorance by comparing support with sales. For the record, sales is before the fact while they're trying to get your money, and support is after the fact they have your money. There's a big difference.
I mostly read TG articles anymore for entertainment rather than for education. As many readers (most of whom know more than the TG article writers themselves) have pointed out in the last year or so, Tom's Hardware articles aren't what they used to be for neither content nor accuracy. The last thing I'd want to use right now for reference is a Tom's Hardware article. The subsequent posts by readers and Wikipedia are both likely to be more accurate. Then there's the fact that a very wise man once told me not to take advice from someone who has less money in the bank than I do. I believe that would cover all of TG's assets and personnel.
I'm sure Gigabyte stopped production on an superior product (P55) in order to provide an inferior one (P55A), because that just makes good business sense. Maybe they forgot to read the Tom's Hardware article on CrossFire Scaling first, those silly guys.
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Russell Westbrook, Rockets Had Team Meeting After Loss to Trail Blazers
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Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni called a team meeting after Houston’s dispiriting 117-107 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday.
Russell Westbrook quickly took over as that meeting’s leader.
The Rockets guard addressed the team as a “call to action,” imploring it to play with more urgency amid back-to-back losses.
“You’re gonna have nights like tonight where people got things to say after,” Austin Rivers told The Athletic’s Kelly Iko. “Nothing negative, I can really honestly say that. Everything was positive. Russell really led the way. Russell was the only one who really talked. He just kind of addressed the team and things we have to do better as a unit, as a whole. And everybody agreed with him, so it was a good talk.”
This article will be updated to provide more information soon.
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Comedian Apologizes After Joking About XXXTENTACION’s Murder
July 20, 2019 | 11:51 AM
by Dana Scott
Rob Kim/Getty Images for Muslim Funny Fest
New York, NY – Comedian Dina Hashem has publicly apologized in an Instagram post on Friday after she was scrutinized on social media for mocking the murder of XXXTENTACION during her stand-up act on Comedy Central’s Comedy Cellar show which aired this week.
“Is anyone still mourning XXXTENTACION?” Hashem said in the joke. “He’s a rapper, who was murdered, he’s dead now. He was shot, he was on his way to buy a car with $50,000 in cash and somebody shot him and took the money, which is very tragic, but I also think it would be a very good Venmo commercial.
“That’s the first thing I thought when I heard that. Like, ‘I don’t have Venmo, I should get Venmo.'”
Hashem defended herself in a brief explanation of the joke’s context and held herself accountable for artistic responsibility. She also revealed the joke has been edited from future re-runs of the broadcast.
#TSRUpdatez: #DinaHashem, the comic who made a joke about #XXXTentacion’s murder, says the joke has been pulled from the air (SWIPE)
A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Jul 19, 2019 at 8:09pm PDT
“I wasn’t trying to hurt anyone’s feelings, that’s never what I want,” Hashem said. “I’m a comic and use jokes to try and make dark topics less painful but I realize not everyone feels that way, and don’t want anyone to feel badly. It was taken down and won’t air on TV.”
Several of X’s fans have sent violent threats and other vitriol in the comments of Hashem’s post, which has presumably caused her to switch her Instagram account from public to private status.
XXXTENTACION was shot to death during a robbery in his car in June 2018.
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Sabine’s remand: Reactions from the cheap seats
Following Sabine McNeill’s hearing at Highbury Corner Magistrate’s Court yesterday, we expected to hear the usual hue and cry from the cheap seats, and we were not disappointed.
Not unexpectedly, Tracey Morris, the Gob from the North, led off.
Her friend Morticia O’Riordan sounded a slightly calmer note, suggesting that they actually, you know, find out what the hell was going on before getting their collective knickers in a twist. Go, Morticia! But she was soon drowned out:
Niki Laverty was unimpressed, but not quite vocal enough for Tracey’s taste, so she engaged in a bit of cheer-leading, Tracey-style.
How she could imagine that the authorities somehow planned to make Sabine violate her bail conditions is a bit unclear, but Tracey is absolutely certain that they did it. Because: twisted bastards, the lot of them. Uh-huh.
Niki still wasn’t gnashing her teeth and rending her garments quite loudly enough, so Tracey chipped in again, noting that not only is Sabine’s legal team a mess, but “if she dies in there then we all know it was pre planned (sobby face) (sobby face) x”
How did we get from “two weeks in prison” to “dying”? Anyone?
Poor Leanne, lagging along behind, has no idea who and what her friends were talking about, but by gum she’s in there fighting the good fight with Tracey!
Yes, Tracey, it was all planned. Someone went to Sabine’s flat, forced her to make the fateful call, and then immediately called the police to come and pick her up. That’s totally how it works. Yes indeedy!
Also, let’s just hope that Sabine doesn’t take Tracey up on her kind offer to “expose the lot of it” herself. Whatever the charges facing her, Sabine deserves a fair trial, not some shouty fruit-loop with a chip on her shoulder.
More about Sabine’s legal team from Tracey, who apparently knows exactly what sort of legal team it takes to get a person out of harassment charges.
Well, everyone needs some area of expertise, we suppose.
Nice touch at the end, as Tracey says, “She’s doomed (blubbery face) xx”
This is too much for poor Popsey, who begs her not to say that.
Niki seems a bit confused. She seems to think that Sabine was remanded in custody because she broke the “hear no evil speak no evil” law? Weird.
But Tracey clarifies, with an explanation that’s short on facts or logic and long on dramaz:
She rang a charity for help when that snow was bad and they arrested her for it.. Seriously just couldn’t write the script.. I cant (sic) get this out of my head I’m ready to flip (blubby face) of (sic) anything happens to her and a finger led (sic) upon her, they will be very very sorry indeed.
That’s right, all you evil people out there: Tracey once beat the snot out of Gerry Adams in her front garden, and now he’s terrified of her, so don’t be messing with Tracey!
Danielle, we have some advice for you. Run, don’t walk, away from Tracey. When she says “educate yourself” she means “become a paranoid nut-job like me”. You don’t want that for you or your daughter, believe us.
Claire: Sabine is going to a prison for women, not a concentration camp. They’re not going to be subjecting her to torture; in fact, the last time she was a guest at Bronzefield her main complaint was that the food wasn’t completely to her liking.
Also, where did Claire see that Sabine hadn’t been charged? Is Claire playing with a full deck? We’ll spell it out: she got charged. She got put on bail. Even Belinda seems to understand it; here’s what she said yesterday:
Did she or did she not talk about the case to 3rd parties on the mentioned 2 occasions? Yes she did. They concluded moreover that the breaches were both deliberate and ‘flagrant’ rather than ‘inadvertent’, she was not naïve and knew exactly what she was doing.
Meanwhile, everyone stay out of Tracey’s way. She’s in a punchy mood right now, and you know what happened to Gerry Adams. Ah, we’re back to the legal team thing again. “Plenty of McKenzie friends and Sabine is very capable of representing herself”.
Oh dear. As entertaining as this might be, we really don’t think it’s in the best interests of the defendant. Plus, we don’t think it’s allowed in criminal courts, but otherwise, fab suggestion, Tracey!
In our Blast from the Past Department, we have Snedders popping in to note that “we live in a world run by EVIL”. And wine. Lots of wine. Pour her another, would you lads?
And Mike chips in: “They’re so bloody corrupt….Has she actually been sentenced now?” Do pay attention, Mike. No. She’s been remanded in custody until her next hearing. Would everyone please get a grip?
And bringing up the rear we have Jane, who seems to be in a complete state of confusion, knows nothing about the case, and seems to think that Sabine’s bail breach had something to do with the snow last week.
Aaand here we go: “Morally she has done nothing wrong in a democratic country and so therefore legally they cannot do this as morals stand higher than the legal law as you can be morally right but legally wrong but you cannot be legally right and morally wrong. Basically she stands on the moral high ground so legally they are wrong”.
Did you all get that? For some reason it’s bringing to mind a comment Justin Sanity made yesterday:
Whatever they may or may not call themselves, these Hampstead Hoax mobsters are a UK variant of the American “Sovereign Citizen” attitude to laws and legal judgements: “I don’t have to obey it if I don’t agree with it”.
Some carry this even further, and profess to believe it is their DUTY to break and or disobey laws/legal judgements that they don’t agree with. Right? This attitude even lies at the heart of their obsession with the CONCEPT of “whistle-blowing”…”If I don’t agree that something should be private, I have a right (and a duty) to publicize it as fanatically as I am able to”.
They are themselves the sole rightful “judge” of all these matter, they believe. And so, yes, they are most WILLFULLY belligerent and lawless, and it follows that they must be dealt with HARSHLY by the criminal justice system. They must be stepped on, by legal authorities, private corporations like social media companies and their advertisers, and they must be socially reprimanded in the strongest terms by the law abiding majority in society. There really is no “choice” about this.
By George, we think he’s got it!
06/03/2018 in Assorted knobheads. Tags: bail conditions, remand in custody, Sabine McNeill, Tracey Morris
BREAKING: Tracey, Belinda, and Morticia announce Sabine’s bail security raised
In heat of battle, Belinda forgets to mention: Sabine’s solicitor has quit
← UPDATE: Sabine McNeill remanded in custody until 19 March
You’re nobody ’til somebody makes a ‘Free Xxxxx’ page about you →
72 thoughts on “Sabine’s remand: Reactions from the cheap seats”
Dearg na Sléibhe says:
Hilarious EC, well done to you for bringing us a bit of Muppets comedy!
wonder where did Tracey Morris study for her law degree! 😂
The budding lawyer of the North didn’t say a lot, perhaps she is learning in her studies now that courts deal in facts, not fantasy.
Oh yeah, as Eliza mentioned, what is Tracey Morris on about, saying Sabine would be protected by the Good Friday Agreement if she moved to N.I. Northern Ireland would get pretty full with all the people moving there who committed a crime across the water if that was the case!
This is hilarious they are almost self combusting and frothing at the mouth…
Fuck, how long has this post been here? I really must learn to keep up, lol 😀
Misusing ‘broke’ and ‘broken’ is another linguistic bugbear of mine, so can someone please explain to Donkey Tracey that her heart is broken, not broke. To the best of my knowledge it has not run out of money.
I love EC’s sense of humour 🙂
Wow, the scaremongering Tracey does on Danielle is disgraceful! Shame on you, Tracey 😮
Crabalocker Fishwife says:
Interesting that even Belinda’s saying Sabine knew what she was doing and that the arrest was warranted. Pity the other fruitloops are struggling to keep up with her.
Naturally, being elderly must mean that Sabine cannot be “morally wrong” and must be a total innocent unjustly persecuted by some evil conspiracy.
Gordon Kahl, an infamous American “sovereign citizen” and founder of the Texas posse comitatus, was a senior citizen when he murdered US Marshals in a gunfight…
“In 1967, Kahl wrote a letter to the Internal Revenue Service…stating that he would no longer pay taxes to the, in his words, “Synagogue of Satan under the 2nd plank of the Communist Manifesto.”
On November 16, 1976, Kahl was charged with willful failure to file Federal income tax returns for the years 1973 and 1974, under 26 U.S.C. § 7203. He was found guilty, and was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of $2,000. Kahl served eight months in prison in 1977. One year of the sentence was suspended, as was the fine, and the court placed Kahl on probation for five years.
Following his parole from prison, Kahl became active in the township movement, an early version of the sovereign citizen movement belief which later became well-known because of the Montana Freemen standoff. This movement sought to form parallel courts and governments purportedly based on English common law, and to withdraw recognition of the U.S. federal government.
On February 13, 1983, U.S. Marshals attempted to arrest Kahl as he was leaving a meeting of township supporters in Medina, North Dakota, for violating his parole. In the car with Kahl were his wife Joan, his son Yorivon, and three others who had been at the meeting. According to Scott Faul’s testimony, both Gordon Kahl and Yorivon Kahl were armed with Ruger Mini-14 rifles. The conflict began when federal marshals created a road block a few miles north of Medina. When the Kahl party met the marshals at the roadblock, a short but intense firefight erupted. The gun battle left US Marshals Kenneth Muir and Robert Cheshire dead, and US Marshal Jim Hopson and Medina Police Department officers Bradley Kapp and Steve Schnabel injured. Yorie Kahl was also wounded during the firefight. The Kahl party fired over a dozen rounds during the gunfight, while the marshals and officers only fired 8. Only three lawmen fired their weapons during the confrontation, and only one, US Marshal Carl Wigglesworth, escaped the gunfight unharmed”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Kahl
It has been suggested, that Marshals were hesitant to fire on Kahl and his murderous clan, because Kahl and his wife were “just an old man & woman”.
Yay! Snedders is back 😀
SandraB says:
Although, having been a whistleblower myself, in a company I worked for which was damaging its employees’ health, I would just remind y’all that where the facts whistled are true it is a fine thing, though very often it results in the destruction of the whistleblower. These guys promoting imaginary happenings are not whistleblowers but mentally ill fantasists. Their followers are strikingly ill -educated, which of course is helpful if one aim is to extract cash from the credulous.
The Office Cat says:
For the love of God can someone tell Jane Hardy not to give up her day job to become a legal adviser. I think it’s fair to say it’s not her forte 😮
These people who keep yelling that Sabine cannot commit crime due to her advancing age are the same people who’ve posted God knows how many rants about Cliff Richard, Greville Janner, Jimmy Savile and Lord McAlpine, right?
Oh yes, kudos to genuine whistleblowers. A number of regular commenters have bigged them up and emphasised the distinction over the last few days.
If Sabine’s legal team have any sense they will say nothing to Tracey and pals before the trial. If they tell them anything it should be just “shut your gobs until the trial”. Not that the Hoaxers are any good at taking sensible advice; tell them not to do something and they do it. If this blog was to advise them not to stick their heads out of the window of a moving train there would be carnage.
A seat in the box of the theatre says:
Sitting from the box seats in the theatre adaption of Sabine the Martyr.
When you are lonely and sad, like Sabine, with only friends like Jake Clarke and Belinda McKenzie whispering naughty temptations in your ear, it is easy to get lost in a fantasy and delusion. Sabine is in a tar pit, her future is bleak because its a disaster she cannot survive from. Rupert Quaintance suffered disaster when he played into the hoax, he is young and healthy enough to recover, but Sabine is aged 70+, failing health, low on money, she is totally screwed. Sabine is at the twilight of her life when mental and physical decline from old age will come on rapidly, it is a situation why little old ladies should avoid dangerous risks with their money, liberty and health that younger people like Jake Clarke can afford to take.
I already know what the future holds for Sabine McNeill. To her so-called friends like Belinda McKenzie and Jake Clarke, know that you have destroyed her. I have no sympathy or pity for Sabine, her life is near its end, but she has ruined the lives of two children whose lives are only beginning.
However, lets look at the bright side of life, Sabine has obtained a free bed and meals, and has an alternative set of people to talk to rather than only hoax fantasists.
Very good point.
Honestly some of the comments on Tracey’s timeline are beyond dumb. As always I ask the same old question: this mob in the end are so thick I can never work out how they make it out their front door and to the bus-stop and through a day without stumbling over their own feet.
Eliza D. Little says:
I think Jane Hardy has the makings of a brilliant comedian albeit accidentally. I’m going to learn off her less a tongue-twister, more a mind-twister quote so I can throw it into conversations to see people’s reactions.
“Morally she has done nothing wrong in a democratic country and so therefore legally they cannot do this as morals stand higher than the legal law as you can be morally right but legally wrong but you cannot be legally right and morally wrong. Basically she stands on the moral high ground so legally they are wrong”.
It’s honestly the funniest thing I’ve read for a while.
And that is why these faux whistle-blowers are so dangerous. It was put to me many years ago that even a successful whistle-blower would never to work in their again.
I’m not going to give away detail, but I was once contacted by a social worker who was prepared to tell me off the record what had gone seriously wrong in a child death case (I had small role in the scrutiny process at the time). All that she told me was credible and, more importantly, aligned with the facts I was independently and confidentially aware off. It was a tragic case of incompetence. managemental terror and passing the buck to hit targets. However, she couldn’t bring herself to go on the record because she would lose her job, a job she loved doing and I couldn’t persuade anyone else in her department to talk. Unlike the Hamstead hoax madhouse, in the real world you need evidence. It meant I could do nothing but watch the people in positions of responsibility avoid sanction.
Then you have these fantasists who turn whistleblowing into a Munchausen psycho-drama, not backed by any facts or logic, who have turned the word into meaning disgruntled axe grinding lunatic in the eyes of the general public. They are a menace to public safety and should be dealt with as such.
At the very least we know that being banged up with ‘undesirables’ won’t be a culture shock for her given the caliber of people she chooses to spend time with when she’s free.
Hope Girdle says:
Another one bites the dust:
From the woman who’s had how many Tim/MKD channels taken down?
Oh noes!!! 😂😂😂
I would love to see these ninnies try a “monstrous class action lawsuit” for taking down their idiotic channels. YouTube/Google would squash them like bugs.
“France plans to make 15 the age of sexual consent after a public outcry over two cases of sex involving 11-year-old girls, equality minister Marlène Schiappa said on Monday”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/france-to-raise-the-age-of-consent-after-men-escape-charges
Hooray! Long overdue 🙂
According to Wikipedia, the age of consent is already 15 in France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe#France
Update: Angie’s Facebook ban is 30 days (starting 3rd March).
Naima should remember that a “purge” is another word for enema; YouTube is at last clearing out a lot of noxious old sh!t.
They could always start up their own internet video hosting site – and take complete legal responsibility for all its content.
Agreed- Youtube has a social obligation and that includes removing scam artists and con merchants like you who defraud gullible people with your phony ‘free energy’ machine and those idiotic stones or whatever the fuck they are that supposedly dispel “chem trails”.
God I hate cheap crooks like Naima Dawn Feagin.
And they will abandon her to her fate eventually.
It’s an education to click on the “friends” links of all this crew. They all suffer (seriously) from mental health issues and have all bought into the “sovereign citizen” scam in varying degrees. Most sort of make up their own version, cherry picking the bits they like yet they still buy into the structured society we all live in- accessing social security, most living in council housing, using the trains and taxpayer funded buses etc etc and so on.
I often wonder what it is that attracts them all to each other. None of them make any sense yet somehow their mental health issues have a way of zoning in on each other and recognising a soul mate ie: another nutter.
Of course this post could be tempered by the fact I came across a video on one such “friend”, of (Sir) John Patterson in yet another court corridor incomprehensibly rambling on about some obscure court matter and moaning that his recording devices had been confiscated but help was at hand as he has expert legal advice arriving shortly in the form : Edward Ellis Equity Layer.
Scotty, beam me up.
The only “moral” high ground Sabine will be standing on is the Dock.
I started looking at the links, apparently currently if it was a rape, he could be charged and if found guilty would face up to fifteen years, but there currently doesnt seem to be an age of consent where both parties are consenting which would bring serious charges- which is where the problem in this case seems to be
From my interpretation from online articles (admittedly mostly non legal reports rather than trying to read french law archives- my french is woefull) in this case the child had willingly accompanied him knowing what they were to about to do , which as French law currently doesnt have an age of consent, severely restricted the possible range of charges that could be brought- the severest would be sexual abuse of a minor with a maximum of 5 years.
It seems the French law doesnt currently have the equivalent of statutory rape, so if the child expresses consent, then the more severe penalties simply arent available if he had forced her
(In the case of rape charges being laid, the prosecution must prove that the child was unwilling and had been forced, as soon as the child expressed her consent then those charges are much harder if not impossible to prove)
This is the situation currently as I understand it
Fancy her blaming Anthony Pike for her Facebook ban ……. She’s also got a strike for defamation on YouTube, one, so far ……………….No one to blame but yourself, Angela……
“The age of consent in France is 15, as specified by Article 227-25 of the Penal Code, which reads: ‘The fact of the commission without violence, constraint, threat or surprise of a sexual offence by an adult on the person of a minor under fifteen years of age is punished by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.’
Article 227-22 prohibits the ‘organisation by an adult of meetings involving indecent exposure or sexual relations knowing that minors are present or participating’. (Minors refers to under 18s; the text of the article can be subject to interpretation).
Article 227-22-1 prohibits the ‘soliciting of a minor under the age of fifteen, or a person pretending to be such minor, for sexual purposes through the use of a computer system’.
Article 227-27 prohibits sexual relations with minors over age 15 (aged 15, 16 or 17) ‘1 where they are committed by an ascendant or by any other person having a legal or factual authority over the victim; 2 where they are committed by a person abusing the authority conferred by his functions.'”
She’s also claiming that she only grabbed Rupert’s arse because he’d asked her for a massage!
You are correct in that (I reread my post afterwards and wished for an edit button) but there is nothing equivalent to our ‘stat rape’- where any sexual relations with a minor is considered nonconsenual- even if the child expresses consent which apprently the french dont have an equivalent to
In the cases that brought about this issue, apparently the prosecution had tried for the more severe rape charges (up to 15 years) but failed to convince that it was a rape as the child had expressed consent, basically letting the prosecution fail. I dont know if they have the equivalent of double jeopardy, but if they have, then once they failed, that would be the end of it- they dont get to do a ‘do over’ with the lesser charges (one of the reasons I have seen accused charged with what appears at first glance to be the same thing in different terms repeated multiple times example might be a person charged with assault, assault with menaces, assault with weapon all listed so that if the more serious charge is defeated, at least the lesser might still get a guilty verdict)
Once found not guilty of the more serious charge for whatever, they cant go back and try again with the lesser charge in a new trial however- something that the french prosecution either isnt allowed to do or failed to do in this case apparently- they went for the more serious charge and failed to prove it
😂😂😂 Wonder what Rupee would have to say about that?
Yes, it’s all quite confusing and the reporting doesn’t really help to clarify it much.
My hope is, they will change their laws to specify that persons under the age of 15 will be presumed incapable of genuine consent with persons over the age of 18. That’s what I’d like to see.
True Justin, although I also feel that many existing laws concerning underage children need revision, or indeed in some cases scrapping and starting again from scratch. Before anyone gets too upset with that statement, I am referring to cases where two consenting but both underage, have both ended up on the sexual offender lists as both victims and perpetrators- often without their knowledge, often for something as trivial as ‘sexting’ each other or taking a consensual video of themselves (ending up with being charged with production and distribution of child pornography)
A rather long but quite thought provoking article concerning this is at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/14/when-kids-are-accused-of-sex-crimes
dammit wordpress ate my post again….
I agree Justin, but I feel that the law needs to be changed in one respect, the automatic listing of all offenders on sex offender lists. Before anyone gets too upset at this statement, I am referring to cases where underage partners can both end up as being listed for life as sex offenders-in the bizarre case of being both the victim and the offender, often for something as simple as ‘sexting’ or taking consensual video or photos- and being charged with production of child pornography
A long but thought provoking article concerning this and the consequences for people it has happened to is at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/14/when-kids-are-accused-of-sex-crimes, I know of people it has happened to here as well unfortunately
LOL, Snedders is a real blast from the past.
Kudos to genuine whistleblowers indeed. Whether people agree with what Edward Snowden did or not is their own decision. Personally i think he was very brave in his actions. He saw things that he thought was wrong and reported what he knew even with the knowledge that his life would never be the same again. I don’t know if i could show the same courage as he did.
I don’t think Tracey is one for shutting her gob though, she likes to make as much noise as possible and have all eyes on her.
Let Hope Girl and all the truthers disappear onto another video sharing platform that only like minded people will bother to watch
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iyDLmLQKEGJ7MXNMv6CdOXuHzbwvN2Rb
Interesting- that missing post has reappeared again…
For your info EC, when it disappeared, I refreshed and cleared browser cache, still didnt appear on refresh, even though Arthur Pints 3 posts had appeared on the list of new posts, I had time to rewrite the second one, still hadnt appeared, then after about 4 or 5 refreshes over a few minutes, it suddenly popped up in the list after his fourth post appeared.
Maybe wordpress is using carrier pigeons to send data to the UK…
I am guilty too. It’s colloquialism I’m afraid, well in my case anyway. I do have a laugh when someone looks at me strangely when I say words like that though. They’re passed down from my Grandmother & mother. 😂
I didn’t touch it, so I’m afraid it’s either the carrier pigeons or the lizard people.
No worries, Dearg – as long as you know it’s turmeric (not tumeric) and pronunciation (not pronounciation), we’ll get along just fine 😀
Or that bloody office cat.
HOAXERS FOR PRISON 2018 says:
ROFLOLOL Thanks E. C. and Pals. Supper Funny! 😀
See if you can find Nathan Stolpman’s cameo…. 😀
Lee Cant’s saying he lives in Australia now.
I checked the office CCTV and you were correct, Scarlet.
That was so good, EC.. that I’m posting Part 3. 😀
Angie’s still making friends and influencing people, I see 😂
Terry Fuckwit says:
She’s really bitter in this. Sounds like that lady really put Angie in her place, hehe 😀
LOL, at the end of the video she says that once her Facebook ban is over she’s going to re-post the share that got her suspended. So get those reporting fingers ready, folks 😀
Angie quote: “Elderly people are renowned for twisting the truth”.
Oh really Ange?. You’re no spring chicken yourself dearie.
Yes, this YouTuber is amazing. Great stuff.
If I were a) her mother’s carer or b) one of her sisters, I’d be on the phone to my solicitors right about now.
I think the key word she uses in the video is “shame”. In other words, the lady put Angela in her place, in public, and Angela didn’t like it.
Did you notice that at the end, Angela insinuates that the carer might be defrauding her mother, but then says oh, but the home help is wonderful…?
Not to mention the multiple times she claims that her sisters are “financially abusing” their mother, or just waiting for their parents to die so they can get their hands on the inheritance. Angela is just a foul individual. End of.
Chester the Office Cat has asked me to convey his deep disappointment at this false allegation. In retaliation, he has shredded your chair and is now sleeping on the gory remains.
Then I regret to inform you, EC, I can’t do my nightshift, carrying out my remote targeting on people’s plumbing tonight, unless you can find me a spare chair of course.
What exactly did Chester say he was doing online anyway?
I believe he might have discovered Tinder. 😳
Yeah, that’s a new one, a lie, I reckon….letting Rupert know that that’ll be her defence and that she’ll happily humiliate him in court, just like all abusers act….. isn’t it Angela ?
Of course elderly people are always innocent of everything.
It’s not like little old ladies ever did anyone any harm *cough* Melita Norwood *cough*
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A glamour shot of the AS332L2 Super Puma
I have finally completed my conversion to the Super Puma L2. The conversion period took an extensive 4 weeks because the single L2 we had was often plagued with serviceability issues, sitting in the hangar waiting for spares for weeks on end.
The L2 cockpit, depictive of its era
When I went up in Papa Delta for the first conversion sortie, FAM 1, at the end of the hour, the training captain said, "I don't see any major problem with you. You don't seem as lost in the cockpit as some others I have seen. I think you're ready for your C of T. How? Can ah?"
I miss the EC225 cockpit
I gaped at him as if I seriously thought he was in need of a Papal smiting across his countenance. I had not done my instrument flying yet, this was my first L2 sortie, and I was not even flying the EC225 consistently enough to warrant so rapid a jump to this "similar-type variant". I allowed my cold silence to emphasise my vehement objection to a C of T after just one FAM.
How I miss you now, EC225
I did get a second sortie, and after FAM 2, I was surprised to see that 4 days later I was scheduled for the Certificate of Test. And evening passed and morning came, and it was the C of T day. It seemed as if both my FAMs and the C of T were coincidentally scheduled for Friday evenings, when the offshore rhythm abated and the availability of an aircraft was more assured than on most days of the week. By the time I touched down at 1730, I had completed the C of T and my instrument rating test. The examiner congratulated me and I knew then that I had passed my C of T. Next, a line check and I would be legal and ready to resume offshore operations.
Just 1 km away from Maersk Convincer and she is barely discernible from 500 feet
As malinged coincidence would have it, my line check was simultaneous with the unwelcomed descent of the haze upon Kerteh and the entire hinterland.
During meteorological conditions such as these, the value of a fully instrumented aircraft with attendant automation cannot be overrated. The unforgiving loss of forward visibility and the absence of a discernible reference horizon lead straight toward disorientation and the propensity for a major incident which the oil and gas world can ill afford, and neither can any helicopter operator company for that matter.
Kuala Paka with 2km visibility
The last I operated offshore in the haze, I was in no doubt as to the ability to make an approach although the view forward was obscurred. But this time, it was not possible to see the rig until we were at 500 feet and half a mile from it, that too, aided by the flare boom in full flame. For academic purposes, the line training captain called for a rig radar approach, which in the reduced visibility was a rather relevant practice to keep current with.
Passenger drop off at Lawit Alpha
Over the next three days, I was back into the swing of offshore flying with continuous sectors and no split in duties. I had also noticed that the L2 suffered from a faulty autopilot system. Being the only L2 in the livery now that the EC225s were grounded, it was merely a matter of time before the recurrent fault would mean she would be called off line for rectification.
Starting up for a flight test
And it happened just about when I was feeling the heat from returning to offshore duties after being a standby pilot for eight months now. On the third day of flying with an intermittent autopilot system, the aircraft captain decided that enough was enough. The autopilot had been self-disengaging now and then during flight, and while reengaging the autopilot returned the system to normal operating status, the worry that it would disengage whilst negotiating a critical phase of flight lurked in the troubled hallways of my mind. During cruise, these niggardly niusances may be acceptable, but were you in a descent or approach with nigh nil visual references outside the cockpit, the escalating workload under systems failure is not encouraging of a safe approach and departure from a shelf hanging on a framework standing off the seabed. The captain did not wait to be in such a phase of flight. We were 40 miles from Kerteh over waters when the misdemeanouring helicopter began meandering, and the captain turned back without prompting, to home base, and snagged the aircraft as was most deserving of the situation.
AOG is not a religious organisation, but stands for Aircraft On Ground awaiting spares
There she waits for her spares, and here I wait to fly her again.
TheSounDOne July 1, 2013 at 11:27 AM
must say i love the pic of the EC225 cockpit!
hobbit1964 July 2, 2013 at 9:20 PM
It's a very pretty cockpit sir. Its Airbus 380 pedigree is so evident.
Alvin Wee July 2, 2013 at 11:10 PM
AOG!... LOL....I actually have an Uncle who is a Pastor of one! Terminologies, don't we all love it as a form of membership?
hobbit1964 July 4, 2013 at 11:34 PM
Yes sir. It was quite difficult for me to say this in the squadron with a straight face, being a Catholic. Unfortunately, the demographics also meant that I would be the only one chuckling, and he who laughs alone is worse of than he who laughs last.
(MHS AVIATION CADET PILOT) July 5, 2013 at 12:11 AM
um that my pic. and i tell my dad to capture the 9M-SPB. And i wan't to ask about mhs offer cadet pilot program is that true?
hobbit1964 July 5, 2013 at 10:42 AM
The cadet program has been running, but not scheduled. There are quite a number of pilots here in senior management who became pilots through the cadet programme. I presume that it's an on-request application. If you're really interested why not call up the office or ask your dad? Having someone on the inside is always useful. Anyway you signed off as MHS Cadet Pilot. I guess you already have what you want.
(MHS AVIATION CADET PILOT) July 5, 2013 at 9:30 PM
yup when i was a little kid i want to be a pilot.
9M-SPH that one is new right?
here my blog http://mhsacadetpilot.blogspot.com/2013/06/mhs-aviation-helicopter-model-ec225-lp.html
Well, Mr Cadet, we have had two new ones, SPG and SPH. Very pretty. Good luck on your wings graduation. I have been to your blog. Hope you have newer entries.
well i was thinking about the new entries.
SPGs are known to congregate around Flyboys like the the kind Sir Hobbit...(since we're on the topic of abbreviations! ...he he....)
Doctor, I am convinced that a hobbit's abbreviated stature should not be in conflict with abbreviatrix such as Sierra Papa Golfs :)
Mr Cadet, you think, and therefore you are.
well the last time i go at kerteh airport when i got free firefly airlines ticket.
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HBCUs To Shine During Solar Eclipse
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Historically black colleges and universities nationwide are emerging as valuable resources in preparation for today’s solar eclipse. From safe watching advice to weather and atmospheric monitoring, HBCU campuses will welcome new public exposure this afternoon in connection with the rare national eclipse, the likes of which haven’t been visible in the United States for 99 years.
Morehouse College Physics Chair Willie Rockward offers viewing tips for the height of the eclipse.
Safety tips from a Morehouse expert on how to view today's Solar Eclipse safely. #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/sbIX3E7xsK
— Morehouse College (@Morehouse) August 21, 2017
In Orangeburg, SC., astronomers at South Carolina State University will be a part of a national team collecting images and data to document the event, an initiative funded in part by NASA and the National Science Foundation.
With South Carolina in the direct travel path of the eclipse, SCSU, Benedict College and Clafin University will all hold campus-based viewing parties for the event.
At Tennessee State University, officials expect as many as 10,000 members of the campus and Nashville community to visit the campus for the viewing party.
“It’s going to be a fun day,” said TSU Dean of Students Frank Stevenson. “We want it to be a day that you will remember where you were on this day. It will also be an opportunity to showcase a little bit of Tennessee State University.”
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Gustavo Mirabal Castro » Blog » Horses in the Mexican cinema
Artmayo 22, 2019
Horses in the Mexican cinema
Many were the films we saw in black and white, meeting the Mexican ranchers and listening to their songs. There we learned about the importance of horses for ranchers, for Mexican charros. We met the horses in Mexican cinema and we got to know them.
Mexican cinema galloping in the memories of our childhood
Mexican Charro
It is difficult to think that the generations that were born in the 50s and 60s, do not have in their memories some memories associated with the family reunion in front of the television watching Mexican films. Even the youngest can remember this trend with retransmissions. The horses in the Mexican cinema and their charro were projected in our memories, dreams and hearts.
First steps of Mexican cinema
From its first steps the Mexican cinema had very present the charro and his horse. Recall that the horse and his photography were precursors of cinema. So we can say that the horse in the Mexican cinema was a normal step of the beginning of the cinema. So anywhere in the world.
The Lumieres brothers send a delegate to promote cinema in Mexico
Lumieres Brothers
Mexican cinema began with the “views”. The “views” are filming of everyday situations, such as the cavalcade of horses in the desert or the entrance of the train to a station. In the Mexican case, the views of the landscapes where the ranchers galloped in the mountains and Mexican plains, taken by filmmakers sent by the Lumiere brothers in 1896, are relevant.
The first films
The first Mexican films were silent. For the year 1907, the actor Felipe de Jesus Haro presented a short version was a short version of Don Juan Tenorio, classic work of the Spanish literature of the author José Zorrilla.
The following year, in 1908, El Grito de Dolores or Independencia de México was filmed in a silent version.
El Grito de Dolores (The scream of Dolores)
In El Grito de Dolores or the Independence of Mexico we can see a fundamental scene where the priest Hidalgo, as rider of a white steed, carries in one hand the banner with the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, haranguing the town of Dolores.
That white horse will become a symbol in Mexican historical cinema. This would be the first film of Mexican cinema that would become famous and would include the horse as one of the protagonists. This is the first famous film of the horse in Mexican cinema.
Porfirio Díaz the French president who promoted the cinema
President Porfirio Díaz saw France as the country that represented the only progress in the world.
That is why the invention that came from France with the Lumiere, together with the friendship that with the projectionists, led him to consider it a great opportunity to highlight his work of government and the beauties of Mexico, as a way to integrate the different areas of the Mexican space.
Porfirio Díaz in his government was characterized by an enlightened despotism where only a few elites dominated the scene. This is going to change with the Mexican Revolution led by Francisco Ignacio Madero.
Friendship with projectionists and Mexican cinema
Pedro Infante and the horse in the mexican cinema
Porfirio Díaz struck up a friendship with two of the projectionists of the brothers Luis and Auguste Lumier.
The projectionists were Claude Ferdinand Von Bernard and Gabriel Veyre.
The official interest in Mexico for scientific advances in France was evident throughout the Mexican reality.
Between 1896 and 1897, Mexico became the first country in the Americas where the French made a series of films that will be shown in the country.
The French: first producers in the Americas
The first films filmed by the French in Mexico, had as a source of inspiration, the president of the republic riding a horse in the Bosque de Chapultepec. Also, 35 short films were filmed in the city of Mexco, as well as in the cities of Guadalajara and Veracruz.
These films showed, in addition to different breeds of horses that had begun to be imported into Mexico, it also showed the architectural and landscape beauty of the Bosque de Chapultepec.
Allá en el Rancho Grande (There on the big ranch): the movie
Movie Poster of “Allá en el Rancho Grande”
There in the big ranch is a romantic drama shot in 1936. It was directed by Fernando de La Fuente, with the performances of Esther Fernández and Tito Guizar.
It is a look at the customs of the landowners in Mexico, where the importance of horses in everyday life is fundamental at this time. They were not only transport vehicles, but the best friends of Mexican men. It was the relevant complement of his masculinity.
In the script we see a relationship of friendship between the caporal José Francisco and the landowner Felipe. This friendship, then a rivalry is transformed by the love of the young peasant girl who is taken by José Francisco.
The film became a trend of Mexican cinema that later produced a series of films of Mexican rural life, such as La hacienda en 1921, Nobleza Baturro, in 1935 and Vámonos con Pancho Villa, also in 1935
Allá en el Rancho Grande (There on the big ranch): the song
Allá en el rancho grande Jorge Negrete
This song is part of popular culture; nevertheless a whole controversy was generated regarding his true authorship.
As with many traditional expressions, particularly those related to the lyrics of songs and different musical expressions, the authors are lost in this process that is transmitted from generation to generation.
They say that the song already existed, even before the film and before it became popular in the record company. The truth is that the projection that cinema gave to the song is beyond doubt.
This is an example of how the horse in Mexican cinema managed to project popular culture to the next generations.
Fragment of “Allá en el Rancho Grande”
Allá en el rancho grande, allá donde vivía, / There on the big ranch, where he lived,
Había una rancherita, que alegre me decía, / There was a rancherita, who was happy to tell me,
Que alegre me decía: / How happy he told me:
“Te voy a hacer tus calzones, como los que usa el ranchero. / “I’m going to make your underpants, like the ones the rancher uses.
Te los comienzo de lana, Te los acabo de cuero.” / I’ll start them with wool, I’ll finish them with leather”.
A future perspective of Mexican cinema
After the power struggles in Mexico, the creation of a film industry began and the national film production company was founded in 1932.
The charros and their identity
One of the most transcendental figures in Mexican culture is the charro that in Mexico represents the rider who performs “la charrería” considered a national sport that connects as the most important events in Mexican history and the importance of the horse as a fundamental icon of Mexican cinema.
The image of the charro that sings, the emblem of Mexican virility.
Horses are associated with all the work of men in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
A charro without a horse is incomplete. The horse is his complement, integrates his personality, shapes his true identity.
Pepe Aguilar and Vicente Fernandez – Iconic Mexican Charros
What is Mexican charrería?
The charrería is associated with the set of skills and abilities that the men of the horse have.
These are the equestrian skills that are typical of the Mexican charro. The specialists in the subject say that it is “a spectacle sport” very rooted in Mexico and it develops in spaces similar to the bullring.
The charrería since December 1, 2016, became an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Horses in Mexican cinema, the protagonist in the tasks
After the work, the job continued. Once the horses were worked, the pawns and some caporales even the odd patron, for fun they mounted it in different styles. They did it to show the skill and strength of the rider. It also helped to tame the equines. They took advantage of showing the skills and abilities of the rider.
When the cattle are herded to take it from one place to another, some cattle brave. To soften and tame them they were taken by the tail to knock it down (coleadero). The horses were tied with a loop for the hindquarters (piales) and / or forwards (manganas)
It is essential to mention the field activities carried out by the characters in the films. In their daily work they had to mark cure and castrate the cattle. A loop was placed on the head and hindquarters (terna), to the equines of the forequarters
The horse in a Mexican cinema as a symbol
The horse is a symbol in Mexican cinema because it has become one of the symbols of its most transcendent conquests in history.
They tell us that in the conquest, those born in Mexico could not ride horses because the Viceroyalty of Spain, forbade the Indians and mestizos, to mount or own a horse, until independence allowed them to become men on horseback.
As we have seen, we can not even think about the existence of a Mexican charro, without the presence of a beautiful horse. The horse in Mexican cinema is synonymous with charros and tradition.
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El libro de charrería. José Valero Silva, 1989. México, D.F. Gráficas Montalbán.
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Jose Ballesteros got pushed into driving a bus for the Springdale School District. Now he recommends others give it a try. He loves his job because of the people he works with and the students he has the pleasure of transporting.
“Five years ago a friend got me started,” says Ballesteros. “He pushed me into driving for Springdale Schools. He left and I am still driving. He’s still a very good friend.
“I like driving and I like being around my co-workers. I really like these guys. We work very closely with Kevin Conkin (who helps oversee construction and transportation) and I like him very much.”
Ballesteros’ routes include Smith Elementary, Central Junior High and the Don Tyson School of Innovation. He notes, “I have a full load. Before my current routes I had Tyson Middle School, Lakeside Junior High and the DTSOI. I really enjoy interacting with the kids. They trust me. We have a good relationship.”
Driving comes naturally to Ballesteros, who has lived in Northwest Arkansas for 31 years and drove in two previous jobs. He not only drives but trains others who want to join the district transportation team.
“I help train drivers to become part of our team,” says Ballesteros. “There are three of us who do the training. I like to help other people learn how to drive a bus. I plan to do this for a long time. My kids are out of school now. My oldest is working for J.B. Hunt. My youngest graduated from Har-Ber High School last spring and is going to school to become an electrician.
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Nikki Haley trails Mike Pence and … Donald Trump Jr in 2024 poll of whom Republicans would consider voting for
AllahpunditPosted at 8:41 pm on January 7, 2020
A leftover from a few days ago that made me laugh. I had forgotten about it until I saw an interview last night in which Haley claimed that Democratic leaders are “mourning” Qassem Soleimani. That’s mostly untrue (mostly), but it’s interesting coming from the person whom everyone expects to be the most formidable “moderate” Republican in the 2024 primary field. Usually Haley’s the sort of politician who goes around warning high-school students that right-wing politics needs to mean more than just “owning the libs”:
“I know that it’s fun and that it can feel good, but step back and think about what you’re accomplishing when you do this — are you persuading anyone? Who are you persuading?” Haley asked. “We’ve all been guilty of it at some point or another, but this kind of speech isn’t leadership — it’s the exact opposite.”
“Real leadership is about persuasion, it’s about movement, it’s bringing people around to your point of view,” she added. “Not by shouting them down, but by showing them how it is in their best interest to see things the way you do.”
Now here she was last night owning the libs hard on Own The Libs TV:
“The only ones mourning the loss of Soleimani are our Democrat leadership and Democrat Presidential candidates.” pic.twitter.com/IZJJqpxkBE
— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) January 7, 2020
Note that she posted the clip to her own Twitter account. That’s how eager she was for people to see it. Since when does Haley resort to bombthrowing like that? Her brand as a politician is about comity during crisis, and she’s clearly planning to run in 2024 as a sort of “adult in the room” given her experience as a former governor and ambassador to the UN. What hath driven her to such depths of lib-owning?
This, maybe:
Laying aside Haley’s prospects for a moment, try to imagine the insanity of a primary in which Trump’s VP had to square off with not one but two of the Trump children while Papa Trump tweeted insults at him from the sideline. I don’t think the writers of the virtual reality we now inhabit are quite gonzo enough to attempt that storyline, but don’t count them out. They’ve surprised us before.
As for Haley, you can see her political dilemma there in one graph. As Axios says, “An early poll like this is largely a measure of name ID. But it’s also a vivid illustration of just how strong Trump’s brand is with the GOP.” Right, and Haley’s brand in 2024 whether she likes it or not will be restoration of the pre-Trump GOP, not continuation of the Trumpy status quo. That’s what her many populist opponents will accuse her of wanting to do (she’ll strenuously deny it) and that’s what many of her traditional Republican supporters will be hoping she’ll do. But that’s poisonous in a party that’s now dominated by Trump and Haley knows it, as evidenced by her periodic genuflections of approval towards the president to remind Republican voters that she’s a big fan. Philip Klein wrote about her difficulty last month, trying to be Trumpy enough to satisfy Trump voters in 2024 while not being so Trumpy that she alienates her core base of old-school establishment fans. In the end she’ll likely end up pleasing nobody. And since she’s no longer in government and probably won’t be again before 2024 unless Trump wins a second term and appoints her to something, her opportunities to impress Republicans on either side are limited.
Which is why she said what she said on Fox last night, I gather. She felt that the moment called for a little pandering to Trumpers so she went on Hannity and owned the libs. Next week she’ll be saying something about partisan “healing” in a time of bitter divisions or whatever for the benefit of the other wing of the party.
The question is, how will her pandering to Trumpers ever be enough to win them over so long as the president retains his influence over the GOP, which he shows every intention of doing? Unless she lands his endorsement, she’ll have Trump himself insisting in 2024 that she’s not the proper choice for MAGA Nation. Pence is. Or Don Jr is. Or, gulp, Ivanka the Democrat is. Or some other Trump ass-kisser like Ron DeSantis is. Haley’s dream scenario is that there are enough traditional Republicans left in the party to hand her the nomination as the populist vote splinters among numerous candidates; then the long hours she’s put in trying to ingratiate herself to MAGA voters will pay off later when they decide that they like her enough to at least turn out for her on Election Day. She’s not owning the libs to win Trumpers’ primary votes, in other words, she’s owning them so that Trumpers don’t decide to boycott the general election on grounds that she’s just too different from their preferred brand of Republican.
But can all of that really work in practice?
Haley's competitive advantage over a Pence or Don Jr would be a hypothetical appeal to swing voters, which she would have to build/maintain while doing Fox News hits defending Trump. And meanwhile the other Rs can just hug the president with 85% party support.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 7, 2020
Again, she’s caught in the middle — too Trumpy for Trump skeptics, not Trumpy enough for MAGA Nation. Especially with so many more credible populist options to choose from.
I think it depends on what happens next year. If Trump loses badly, the party will conclude that it needs a fresh approach for 2024. That’s Haley’s cue, the sort of thing that’ll get her a closer look even from voters who aren’t huge fans. If Trump either wins or loses only narrowly, which seems likely, the lesson will be “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Stick with Trumpism, or at least populism. That means anyone from Pence to Josh Hawley to Tom Cotton to Ted Cruz to Tucker Carlson to, yes, maybe even Don Jr. Who, according to Axios, actually finished ahead of Pence in the new poll among younger Republicans as someone whom they’d consider voting for.
Longshot exit prediction: Facing the prospect of another own-the-libs nominee like Don Jr or a true nationalist ideologue like Carlson, establishment Republicans will try to convince Ivanka to run and the president to endorse her. Better a fake Republican than a real populist!
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WiFi project in Delhi to take off by December with activation of hotspots
The Indian Express 14 November 2019
The WiFi project was one of AAP’s key poll promises. (File)
Hotspots under the Delhi government’s WiFi project will gradually be activated from the first week of December, with a city-based company bagging the tender for the project which will cost the state around Rs 100 crore per year.
A senior official privy to the development said the PWD’s work advisory board is likely to accord its approval, which is required before commencement of work, within a week. The cabinet had cleared the project in August.
The WiFi project was one of AAP’s key poll promises. Under the approved project, 11,000 hotspots are supposed to be put up across public places in Delhi, including at 4,000 bus shelters.
Each hotspot will cover a radius of 50 metres, and up to 200 people will be able to simultaneously access the internet at such points.
“Installation of hotspots will begin by November-end or the first week of December. They will gradually be activated, instead of waiting for the completion of the entire installation work,” the official said.
Every unique user will be able to consume up to 15 GB data per month. However, the actual number of hotspots might be lesser as the tender document had said the numbers may vary “30 per cent on plus or minus side”.
The Delhi government will make payments to the firm executing the project following a ‘per hotspot per month’ model.
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The End Of Takeover - Again? State Ed Board To Decide Fate Of Indy, Gary Schools
By Eric Weddle
Classes have not been held at Theodore Roosevelt College & Career Academy since March 2019, when water pipes burst during a subzero winter storm and caused more than $10 million in damages. (Eric Weddle/WFYI News)
An end to Indiana’s experiment in the takeover of failing schools could happen Wednesday -- again. For the second time, the State Board of Education will vote on the future of four schools, one in Gary and three in Indianapolis.
The heart of the issue is who can retain control of the schools -- the private companies operating them or the former school districts the schools were severed from.
When the State Board of Education approved the intervention of chronically failing schools in 2011, it wasn’t expected to be a permanent solution. State law was later amended to offer various exit strategies, but those haven't worked as planned.
The private companies, some board members and the local districts are now at a crossroads of what should happen next.
The Theodore Roosevelt College & Career Academy has been operated by the Florida-based Edison Learning since 2012. Academic results fluctuated over the years.
In 2017, the company signed a joint operating agreement with Gary Community Schools Corp., and with the approval of state education officials.
Faulty heating and other building issues created instability at Roosevelt in recent years, and in March 2019, water pipes burst during a subzero winter storm and caused more than $10 million in damages. That shuttered the school. Roosevelt students now attend class in the Gary Area Career Center, a technical education school run by the Gary school district. That location won’t be available for Roosevelt students after this academic year.
These problems correspond with state standardized test scores falling and a 2019 graduation rate of 49 percent.
Edison Learning leaders say they have plans to repair the Roosevelt building with $25 million in private funds and transform it into a K-12 environmental studies charter school. But State Board of Education member Tony Walker of Gary says he’s had enough. At Wednesday’s board meeting Walker will call for a vote to immediately end intervention, Edison Learning’s involvement, and return Roosevelt to Gary Community Schools.
The Florida-based Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) has managed Emma Donnan Middle School and Thomas Carr Howe and Emmrich Manual high schools since mid-2012. All were formerly operated by Indianapolis Public Schools.
Donnan and Manual are now graded as C on the state's A-F accountability scale, yet Manual's recent graduation rate is about 57 percent following a state audit. Howe has been graded as F for a dozen years but will receive a higher grade when 2019 A-F scores are made public.
In 2018 the State Board of Education hired a consultant to head a task force and recommend what should happen to the schools when the takeover contract ends in 2020. It recommended CSUSA seek authorization from another board for charters, to operate the three schools as independent public charter schools when intervention ends. The State Board of Education agreed and denied a request by IPS to hold off on the decision.
But last month, CSUSA’s application was denied by the Indiana Charter School Board. The board cited concerns with academics, management and issues related to the debt owed by IPS on the high school buildings.
During this process, IPS leaders quickly drew up plans to position the district to take back the schools. At Wednesday’s meeting, Indianapolis Public Schools will present a formal plan and request control that includes closing Howe High School this summer.
CSUSA could also submit a proposal to the board at that meeting. It has not yet made its plans public, but the three schools’ social media accounts show anti-IPS statements and calls for supporters to attend the meeting.
Colleen Reynolds, the spokesperson for the company, said CSUSA continues to follow the direction board’s March order to pursue charter schools for these schools.
“The State Board direction was guided by the School Transition Task Force that spent months soliciting community feedback about what to do with the schools moving forward. It would be a tragedy for the students and communities of Indiana to lose their best hope at success,” Reynolds said in a statement. “IPS' plan is all about money and profit, not about students' success. It is just not right to take away the hope our students have finally been able to feel.”
The State Board of Education meets 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Indiana State Library, History Room 211.
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Comparing French and US hospital technologies: a directional input distance function approach
Benoit Dervaux
Gary Ferrier
Herve Leleu
Vivian Valdmanis
Gary D. Ferrier
Hervé Leleu
Vivian Grace Valdmanis
French and US hospital technologies are compared using directional input distance functions. The aggregation properties of the directional distance function allow comparison of hospital industry-level performance as well as standard firm-level performance with regard to productive efficiency. In addition, the underlying constituents of efficiency - in the short run, congestion and technical inefficiency, and in the long run, scale inefficiency - are analysed by decomposing the overall measure. By virtue of using the directional distance function, it is also possible to obtain an estimate of a lower bound on allocative inefficiency. It is found that French and US hospitals use quite different technologies. Long run scale inefficiencies cause most of the French hospitals' inefficiency, while short run technical inefficiency is the main source of overall productive inefficiency in the US hospitals.
Benoit Dervaux & Gary Ferrier & Herve Leleu & Vivian Valdmanis, 2004. "Comparing French and US hospital technologies: a directional input distance function approach," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(10), pages 1065-1081.
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Trained by Omm Sety
Horus from Abydos
The founder of the spiritual foundation of the House of Life is the Egyptian healer and priest Horus from Abydos.
His life’s work has been establishing this project. Since his youth and until her passing-over Horus from Abydos was trained by Omm Sety, with whom he had a special relationship. She recognized in the young Horus his spiritual gifts and an exceptional connection to the ancient Egyption religion. At the age of eleven he described a vision he experienced to Omm Sety, where after she decided to name him Horus. Since then he has been working as Ancient Egyptian Healer and Priest.
Energy of pure love
Important places of healing and rituals
“The Gab” , the Temple of Sety I and “The House of Life” are the most important places of healing and rituals. The rituals and healings are always based on the energy of pure love, light and integrity. People who experience his healings, acknowledge that they are touched to the depths of their soul. His special ability and healing pronouncements encourage authentic powers in the listener to re-establish belief in themselves. Horus is the founder and teacher of the training, Ancient Egyptian Healing.
Connection between Earth and Heaven
History Omm Sety and Horus
Omm Sety was the catalyst and instigator of the present “House of Life”, and is still the source of inspiration.
This famous English woman Dorothy Eady, better known in Abydos as Omm Sety, dedicated her life to the authentic experience of ancient Egyptian religion. She studied the ways and wherefores of how ancient Egyptian Pharaohs and ordinary people expressed their deepest religious feelings by seeking the connection between the Earth and the Heavens, by building their monumental temples and how they expressed themselves in other art forms. In this search, the Temple of Sety I in Abydos had a special place in her heart.
Omm Sety's dream
Hidden energies
As no other in modern times, she experienced hidden energies in every relief or chapel of this special Temple. She also realized unique Egyptian spirituality and its application in the foundation of present world religions. This knowledge and her love of Ancient Egypt, in particular Temple Sety I, made her a legendary figure.
To secure this knowledge, Omm Sety cherished a dream from the 1970s onwards to build a Healing Centre at Abydos, where Ancient Egyptian Healing and Rituals could be re-initiated and re-applied. Here, the wisdom and knowledge could be shared with those prepared to take the journey of experiencing thousand- year- old traditional healings, synchronised to the wisdom of the ancient Gods and Goddesses. Tuned into this, the “Ba” (soul) of the human being, becomes liberated back into the light.
training and initiations
In the course of her life, Omm Sety shared her knowledge with a young man, in whom she recognized special powers of healing and knowledge of ancient religions, Mohammed El Khadar Gad Ahmed. At eleven years old, Mohammed shared with Omm Sety a special vision he had experienced. From that time onwards she gave him the name Horus. Horus has spent many years of intense training and initiations to be able to work with his knowledge of ancient Egyptian Healing and Rituals. Omm Sety not only passed on her life’s work to him, but also her desire that he should build the “House of Life” Centre.
Omm Sety passed-over in 1981 and from that moment on, Horus has continued her work and taken upon himself the responsibility to build her dream, the “House of Life”. What Horus could not be aware of, is, that this would demand superhuman perseverance and persistence.
The world of the divine purity
In 2007, a curious concurrence of circumstances took the Dutch music therapist Yvon Taken to Egypt. Yvon has spent much of her life using music therapeutically to bring about healing and development to the human soul.
She has applied her music to the different realms into which the human soul moves: from the world of the divine purity of the newborn baby to the human soul that is concentrating on departing this world, from the soul of the mentally challenged to the injured inner child of a healthy human being. Her ultimate aim in her music therapy moves from creating harmony and purity to serving the soul in its darkest and most hopeless areas of imprisonment where almost no spark of light remains. Yvon’s music is intended to serve every soul in rediscovering its self and healing its strength and light.
Her renewed meeting with Horus
Yvon and Horus
During her cultural/spiritual journey through Egypt in 2007, Yvon’s heart was re-opened to a renewed acquaintance with the Temple of Sety I. Her renewed meeting with Horus there, reminded her of her former partnership with him in and at the Temple in the 19th Dynasty. These series of images were revealed to her during daily meditations in the Temple, spelling out her destiny. It was also reaffirmed then to her, that their previous profound teamwork of healing practices in ancient Egypt would be established again to serve humanity.
healing the souls
Horus from Abydos and Aset
It now became obvious to Yvon that all she had been doing in her life, her life experience and her work with music up till now, was purely in preparation for this renewed meeting with Horus in Abydos. She realized once again that she would work in close partnership with him to dutifully and sincerely heal the souls of many who would visit the House of Life there.
Male and female energies
A shared dream
Omm Sety’s dream to create a House of Life and Horus’ dream to pass on the Knowledge of Ancient Egyptian Healing now became a shared dream. Their shared goals became a shared responsibility, a reminder from their ancient common past now being turned into the reality of creating the new Healing Centre annex Hotel “House of Life” in which the balance between male and female energies is being re-established by re-developing ancient Egyptian Healing Power by using her ancient name Aset ( ISIS)
love Light Strenght
Hotel Healing Centre House of Life
Since 2008, Horus and Aset have been working in close partnership to build Hotel Healing centre House of Life, where ancient Egyptian Healing Powers will again create Light, Love, Strength, and Happiness in every soul that visits it, as well as in the whole area of Abydos, Egypt.
The House of Life is realized
The creation of the House of Life is fulfilled
2008 – 2018:
The House of Life, as the Per Ankh, for Horus and Aset in 2008, the great model, founded on the ideas of Omm Sety is realized. A goal that we have achieved with so much love and effort to create and realize it, thanks to the efforts of many, many other people.
First, the people who have done the preparatory work and have created the “Old House of Life, the Dutch hypnotherapist Eddy Meijer and the American Doris Cid.
After that all the people that crossed the path of the House of Life, including Mr. and Mrs. Meihuizen, to achieve the current beautiful Hotel Healing Centre House of Life in Abydos.
The past ten years were intense years of so many beautiful moments and highlights but certainly also had so many depths. Dispite of all of this we can truly be proud of each other that we were able to realize this!
The House of Life and Abydos
Abydos Holy City of Ancient Egypt
The intention of the House of Life is to bring back the glory and the respect for Abydos as the Holy City of ancient Egypt. Not only because of the great archeological value of Abydos but also because of the spiritual knowledge and the great spiritual value Abydos has for so many people all over the world. We sincerely hope that Abydos brings happiness and peace in the hearts of people.
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I've talked about Sparrow's Nest in the past and I will continue talking about them. That's because they are one of my favorite local charities. Sparrow's Nest is a Hudson Valley organization that provides two meals, once a week, to the families of caregivers diagnosed with cancer. Caregivers diagnosed with any cancer that requires chemo, radiation or surgery qualify. It was created in 2012, and has fed thousands of people since it began.
On Sunday, Sept. 8, Sparrow's Nest will host their Superhero 5k at James Baird State Park in Pleasant Valley from 9 am - 12 noon. Your entry fee will provide a family diagnosed with cancer a warm meal during a difficult time. Dress in costume. Partake in games. Enjoy delicious, farm fresh breakfast sandwiches. It's a timed race, starting at 9 am sharp. Warm up with All Sport Health and Fitness. It's a family friendly day for a great cause.
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That Was Doctor Who's Starkest Lesson in Years
Doctor Who delivers a pointed message in a pointless episode
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The Doctor has little time or patience to sugarcoat the message of the week.
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Doctor Who has been a morality play since its earliest days. Ever since the first Doctor picked up a couple of teachers and his young granddaughter for adventures in time and space, it has been a show seeking to educate as much as it does entertain. Last night’s episode carried on in a similar vein but had neither the time, nor the patience, to sugarcoat its message.
“Orphan 55” is, as far as most standard Doctor Who episodes go, very familiar. It’s like running through a big checklist of Things That Make Doctor Who Good. The Doctor and friends going somewhere they think will be relaxing and it’s instead incredibly stressful? Check, this time it’s a fancy space spa literally called Tranquillity. Base under siege? Check, said space spa. Creepy monsters? Check, some honestly gorgeous-looking creatures, called the Dregs. Background characters being meaninglessly killed off every few minutes? Check, pretty much everyone outside of two side characters and our heroes bites it by the end. Said background characters also deciding to throw themselves over to said creepy monsters, as if they’re kiiinda aware they’re background characters in someone else’s narrative? Check and check. Multiple times!
A Blunt Episode of Doctor Who Harkens Back to Its Educational Core
What is Doctor Who about? It has been around for so long, changed into so many things, that…
This is not a particularly bad thing, if predictable—they’re familiar because they’re tropes that work, and have done so from the very beginning. These repeating ideas across over 50 years of Who storytelling are almost like the comfortably cozy sweater of Doctor Who, a familiar structure the series can hang any combination of setting, character, and incarnation of the Doctor onto to make a new spin on a familiar yarn. But, as still fresh-faced as she is, this is not the Thirteenth Doctor’s first time at the Base Under Siege rodeo. So what can “Orphan 55” bring to this table resplendent with familiar tropes, and a Time Lord incarnation who already knows her way around a siege or two?
Despair, mainly. And for Doctor Who, a show that prides itself on a romantic sense of optimism, that’s kind of fascinating.
The Dregs are a really cool design that don’t get nearly enough screentime.
Almost everyone the Doctor and her friends meet in their short and unpleasant stay at Tranquility Spa are distinctly, casually unpleasant people, beyond the callousness a situation like the bloodbath of mutated monsters bumping off vacationers one-by-one naturally reveals. Some of these are minor cruelties in comparison with each other—Nevi’s repeated disregard for the advice of his clearly gifted son Sylas (Lewin Lloyd, who played Roger on His Dark Materials) when it comes to technology and engineering is a passively aggressive act, but becomes so grating to the poor boy, at one point it nearly gets everyone left standing killed when he runs off in frustration.
On a much grander scale, there’s Bella, indirectly responsible for the deaths of multiple innocent people over the course of the episode, who made her way to Tranquillity specifically to commit an act of terrorism (because she was abandoned by her mother as a child, which, yes, sad, but not “I’m a terrorist now!” sad!). Running it all at Tranquillity—and, as is eventually revealed, Bella’s wayward mom, the source of almost all frustrations in this episode—is Kane, a career-and-profit obsessed, taciturn hardass so greedy she plonked a capitalist elite’s spa resort on an orphaned, irradiated planet regardless of the indigenous population or the safety of the people who would work and stay there just to try and claim land ownership over the world.
The two nicest people we meet, elderly vacationers and paramours Benni and Vilma, offer a nice foil to these distinctly unlikable survivors the Doctor and friends are forced to work with to escape. Benni and Vilma’s love for each other, their ability to be compassionate for those around them, isn’t rewarded by “Orphan 55” with survival; instead, they just get to sacrifice themselves to help the people around them. Kane and Bella’s self-destructive “screw it all” approach to the situation they find themselves in isn’t given a bloody end as a comeuppance, it unfolds as a tragedy—only coming together in a quasi-acceptance of the bad blood between them in their final moments, left to be killed by the Dreg hordes as the Doctor, her friends, Nevi, and Sylas teleport to freedom in the climax.
Here’s the thing about people who are nice and people who are nasty, “Orphan 55” tells us: They all die the same, regardless of their intentions. That’s all bleak enough, but it’s a bleakness backed by the episode’s worldbuilding reveals, too. As the Doctor and her dwindling group of survivors make their way out of Tranquillity’s shielded safe haven and across and under the surface of the irradiated “orphan” world they find themselves on, she eventually figures out the real identity of the planet.
The Doctor and her assholish new “friends” venture out beyond Tranquillity Spa’s safe haven.
It’s a future Earth, one ravaged by climate disasters and nuclear war so furiously that it’s now little but a desolate, barren wasteland. What survivors of the calamities mutated into the Dregs, and what little of humanity that survived beyond that abandoned Earth entirely leading to its designation as the 55th orphaned planet. There was no coming together, no effort to avoid disaster or even to rebuild in the face of it. Like almost everyone else in this episode, humanity’s remnant said “Screw that, I got mine” and peaced out.
The Nightmare Climate Scenario That Keeps Scientists Up at Night
Imagine a world fractured into rival factions, countries distrustful of one another and unwilling…
This is, once again, a storytelling idea that isn’t unfamiliar to Doctor Who. The show has been commenting on the dangers of climate change and nuclear war since the Daleks first trundled onto TV screens in only its second-ever story. But the reveal is a shocking catalyst for Ryan, Yaz, and Graham, whose adventures in time and space have, at the Doctor’s pushing, been teaching them about the beautiful indomitably of humanity—that it will persist out into the stars and into the future, that progress, while slow at times, is inevitable. This alternate look at what could happen is a reminder to them that no such timeline is guaranteed. That, if anything, the privileged, complacent belief that we’ll sort it all out and be fine is just as dangerous as the division and inequalities causing the modern world’s issues in the first place. But it’s one made all the more shocking by the fact that, instead of truly comforting them about that despair, the Doctor fuels it with a call to action that is as bleakly damning as it is hopeful.
At the climax of the episode, as Team TARDIS recuperates in the wake of their escape, Yaz confronts the Doctor, who has become perpetually distant and cool ever since the traumas revealed to her by the Master in the season’s opening episodes, asking her just when she really figured out Orphan 55 was Earth. The Doctor sidesteps the fact that she’d probably known a lot longer than she’d let on to instead, as she simmers with rage, remind her friends that this outcome for their homeworld is an unsurprising one given the time they come from. As she tells them and us alike, we live in a time when humanity is at each other’s throats over every little thing while the Earth literally burns around them. The Doctor’s message is ultimately a hopeful one—also reminding Yaz, Graham, and Ryan that humanity’s choice for collective action can be a powerful thing—but her lesson is not warm. It’s harsh, impassioned, and starkly delivered, a lesson so burdened by anger that it’s intended to scold as much as it is educate.
This is a Doctor who—buffeted once more by the loss of her own world, who just witnessed how humanity’s self-centeredness can be so pointlessly destructive—seemingly no longer has the time or patience for the idle optimism she so often championed last season. It’s a fascinating arc for this version of the character to go on, as the ramifications from the season premiere still sprawl out before us. It’s a fascinating wakeup call for both her and Doctor Who itself. How many times must the message be sugarcoated by the Doctor (or otherwise) before it really sinks in with us that we have to get our act together?
A Shocking Truth Has Brought Doctor Who Back to Life
Last week’s Doctor Who season premiere was heaving with promise—in bringing back an iconic foe, and
Chris Chibnall’s era of Doctor Who has faced an often misguided criticism that it is too preachy, that there’s not enough monsters and too much messaging—a puzzling complaint for a show that has prided its entire existence on using science fiction as a window into the trials and tribulations of our society. This episode isn’t just a reminder that you can have both in equal measure, it’s a reminder that sometimes, the latter of those two things must be delivered as bluntly as possible.
THAT HAIR THOUGH.
Assorted Musings
Another Very Doctor Who Thing: my god, those green wigs on Sylas and Nevi. Atrocious. Glorious. No one bats an eye at how perfectly dodgy they look. I love them, they’re terrible.
Same goes for Hyph3n’s entire aesthetic, which, frankly, I would place as a better representation of humanoid felines than anything in the movie Cats. Thankfully no TSwift was involved this time.
Instead of the Doctor’s oxygen supply running out to give her a chance to learn about the Dregs’ true origins, I thought the fact that Time Lord’s respiratory bypass system exists was going to be something that cropped up. Given that this season has already made a play at bringing back quirky aspects of Time Lord physiology, it wouldn’t have been out there to get a nod.
Between trying to get the phone number of Yaz’s sister in “Spyfall” and now his burgeoning tryst with Bella here, so far this season Ryan’s arc has been “weirdly horny.”
I get that it’s yet Another Very Doctor Who Thing to rapidly cut around a monster suit to both a) leave the true extent of its horror up to your own imagination and b) more often than not mask the fact that it’s a man in a rubber suit, but god, the Dregs were actually a really good piece of costume design that I wish this episode showed off more than it did. One of the best things about this era of Who leaning back into creature feature episodes is the chance for this production team to really show off what it can do with monsters and aliens.
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More informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines
Robert S A Hayward, Mark C. Wilson, Sean R. Tunis, Eric B Bass, Haya R. Rubin, R. Brian Haynes
Recommendations are proposed for preparing more informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines. Information about the development and content of guidelines should be summarized with the following structure. Objective: a succinct statement of the objective of the guideline, including the targeted health problem, the targeted patients and providers, and the main reason for developing recommendations concerning this problem for this population. Options: principal practice options that were considered in formulating the guideline. Outcomes: significant health and economic outcomes identified as potential consequences of the practice options. Evidence: methods used to gather, select, and synthesize evidence, and the date of the most recent evidence obtained. Values: persons and methods used to assign values (relative importance) to potential outcomes of alternative practice options. Benefits, Harms, and Costs: the type and magnitude of the main benefits, harms, and costs that are expected to result from guideline implementation. Recommendations: a brief and specific list of key recommendations. Validation: the results of any external review, comparison with guidelines developed by other groups, or clinical testing of guideline use. Sponsors: key persons or groups that developed, funded, or endorsed the guideline. Abstracts adhering to these recommendations could enhance readers' ability to appraise the applicability, importance, and validity of guidelines for specific providers, patients, and settings. More informative abstracts could also promote the use of more explicit methods of guideline development, more consistent reporting of guideline documents, and the more appropriate use of guidelines by clinicians.
Published - May 1 1993
Hayward, R. S. A., Wilson, M. C., Tunis, S. R., Bass, E. B., Rubin, H. R., & Haynes, R. B. (1993). More informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines. Annals of Internal Medicine, 118(9), 731-737.
More informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines. / Hayward, Robert S A; Wilson, Mark C.; Tunis, Sean R.; Bass, Eric B; Rubin, Haya R.; Haynes, R. Brian.
In: Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 118, No. 9, 01.05.1993, p. 731-737.
Hayward, RSA, Wilson, MC, Tunis, SR, Bass, EB, Rubin, HR & Haynes, RB 1993, 'More informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines', Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 118, no. 9, pp. 731-737.
Hayward RSA, Wilson MC, Tunis SR, Bass EB, Rubin HR, Haynes RB. More informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1993 May 1;118(9):731-737.
Hayward, Robert S A ; Wilson, Mark C. ; Tunis, Sean R. ; Bass, Eric B ; Rubin, Haya R. ; Haynes, R. Brian. / More informative abstracts of articles describing clinical practice guidelines. In: Annals of Internal Medicine. 1993 ; Vol. 118, No. 9. pp. 731-737.
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Lack of Knowledge of HIV Status a Major Barrier to HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Efforts in Kenya: Results from a Nationally Representative Study
Peter Cherutich,
Affiliation National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NASCOP), Nairobi, Kenya
Reinhard Kaiser ,
* E-mail: r_kaiser@gmx.de
Affiliation Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
Jennifer Galbraith,
John Williamson,
Ray W. Shiraishi,
Affiliation Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Carol Ngare,
Jonathan Mermin,
Affiliations Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Elizabeth Marum,
Affiliation Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lusaka, Zambia
Rebecca Bunnell,
Affiliations Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya, Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
for the KAIS Study Group
¶Membership of the KAIS Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Reinhard Kaiser,
Peter Cherutich Reinhard Kaiser ... for the KAIS Study Group
We analyzed HIV testing rates, prevalence of undiagnosed HIV, and predictors of testing in the Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS) 2007.
KAIS was a nationally representative sero-survey that included demographic and behavioral indicators and testing for HIV, HSV-2, syphilis, and CD4 cell counts in the population aged 15–64 years. We used gender-specific multivariable regression models to identify factors independently associated with HIV testing in sexually active persons.
Of 19,840 eligible persons, 80% consented to interviews and blood specimen collection. National HIV prevalence was 7.1% (95% CI 6.5–7.7). Among ever sexually active persons, 27.4% (95% CI 25.6–29.2) of men and 44.2% (95% CI 42.5–46.0) of women reported previous HIV testing. Among HIV-infected persons, 83.6% (95% CI 76.2–91.0) were unaware of their HIV infection. Among sexually active women aged 15–49 years, 48.7% (95% CI 46.8–50.6) had their last HIV test during antenatal care (ANC). In multivariable analyses, the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) for ever HIV testing in women ≥35 versus 15–19 years was 0.2 (95% CI: 0.1–0.3; p<0.0001). Other independent associations with ever HIV testing included urban residence (AOR 1.6, 95% CI: 1.2–2.0; p = 0.0005, women only), highest wealth index versus the four lower quintiles combined (AOR 1.8, 95% CI: 1.3–2.5; p = 0.0006, men only), and an increasing testing trend with higher levels of education. Missed opportunities for testing were identified during general or pregnancy-specific contacts with health facilities; 89% of adults said they would participate in home-based HIV testing.
The vast majority of HIV-infected persons in Kenya are unaware of their HIV status, posing a major barrier to HIV prevention, care and treatment efforts. New approaches to HIV testing provision and education, including home-based testing, may increase coverage. Targeted interventions should involve sexually active men, sexually active women without access to ANC, and rural and disadvantaged populations.
Citation: Cherutich P, Kaiser R, Galbraith J, Williamson J, Shiraishi RW, Ngare C, et al. (2012) Lack of Knowledge of HIV Status a Major Barrier to HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment Efforts in Kenya: Results from a Nationally Representative Study. PLoS ONE 7(5): e36797. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036797
Editor: Susan Marie Graham, University of Washington, United States of America
Received: February 2, 2012; Accepted: April 6, 2012; Published: May 4, 2012
This is an open-access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.
Funding: This study was funded through the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Department of Health and Human Services. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This study was also funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Several authors are employees of CDC and contributed to study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, and preparation of the manuscript.
HIV testing and counseling (HTC) is the cornerstone of HIV prevention, care, and treatment. Knowledge of HIV status among HIV-infected persons is associated with a 60% reduction in transmission risk behavior [1], [2]. HTC is an essential component of behavioral interventions [3]–[4] and for targeting specific populations such as HIV discordant couples [5], children [6] or patients with sexually transmitted infections (STI) [7]. HTC is a necessary prerequisite to accessing life-extending care and antiretroviral treatment for persons with HIV infection. Antiretroviral therapy for people with HIV has been associated with a 96% reduction in HIV transmission in discordant couples [8], universal HIV testing and immediate antiretroviral treatment has been suggested as a strategy to control generalized HIV epidemics [9] and would also have a major effect on the HIV-associated tuberculosis epidemic [10].
In spite of HTC's central role in HIV programming, HIV testing coverage remains low in sub-Saharan Africa. Testing coverage documented in population-based surveys in sub-Saharan Africa 2007–2008 ranged from 3.2% in women and 4.9% in men in Liberia to 56.7% in women and 43.0% in men in South Africa [11]. Barriers to HTC vary by setting and stage of the epidemic, but have included low perceived risk [12], stigma and fear of discrimination [13], concerns of confidentiality [14], lack of access to free testing [12], cost of transportation [15], negative perception of testing services [13], shortage of counselors [14] and delays in returning testing results [14].
Kenya has scaled up HTC capacity significantly since 2003, including traditional voluntary counseling and testing sites, mobile, provider-initiated [16] and, more recently, door-to-door HTC [17]. The Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS) 2007 was the first nationally representative survey in Kenya that measured laboratory testing results for HIV, herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), syphilis, and CD4 counts for HIV-infected respondents, and interview data on demographics, sexual behaviors, and service utilization including prior testing history and current HIV status. To improve HTC program planning and delivery, we analyzed KAIS data to compare laboratory testing with self-reported HIV results to determine the prevalence of correct knowledge of HIV status in the country, to identify characteristics of persons aged 15–64 years who had never tested for HIV, and to identify missed opportunities for HIV testing.
KAIS was a nationally representative, cross-sectional, household sero-survey of persons aged 15 to 64 years conducted from August to December 2007. The survey used a two-stage, stratified sampling design to provide national estimates and separate estimates for urban and rural areas and for each of the eight provinces. The design was comparable with the design of the 2003 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), which also included basic questions on HTC. The first stage involved selecting clusters from the same sampling frame that was used for the 2003 DHS, based on the 1999 national census, and the second stage involved the selection of households per cluster with equal probability of selection in the rural-urban strata within each district. Fieldwork was conducted by 29 field teams, each consisting of six data collectors (four interviewers and two laboratory technicians), one supervisor and one driver. Interviewers and laboratory technicians were provided by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and the National AIDS/STI Control Programme, respectively. In addition to questionnaires in Kiswahili and English, teams administered questionnaires in local languages where necessary to accommodate respondents that were not conversant in vernacular languages. All questionnaires were back translated into English. Survey personnel participated in intensive two-week training in KAIS procedures, including finger stick, specimen collection for HIV testing and HIV education and counseling. All participants had the option to receive their results individually or as a couple at a nearby referral site [18]. Demographic and HIV/AIDS-specific indicators included use of HIV testing services, HIV status, pregnancy status in women, male circumcision, perception of HIV risk, history of sexually transmitted infections, sexual risk behaviors, and use of in- and outpatient services. Participants were asked ‘Have you ever been tested to see if you have the virus that causes AIDS?’ and if they responded ‘yes’ then the interviewer continued asking ‘When was the last time you were tested?’, ‘Did you get the result of that test?’, and if the participant confirmed that he/she had received the result he/she was asked ‘Would you be willing to share with me the result of your (last) HIV test?’ and ‘Did the test show that you had the HIV virus?’ Further details of KAIS methods are available elsewhere [18].
Laboratory methods
Blood specimens obtained in households were tested at Kenya's national reference laboratory in Nairobi for HIV, HSV-2, syphilis and CD4 count for HIV-infected persons. HIV testing was performed in a serial testing algorithm by using Vironostika HIV Uni-Form II antigen/antibody (BioMérieux Bv, Boseind, Netherlands) and Murex HIV antigen/antibody (Abbott/Murex-Biotech Ltd, Kent, UK) tests for HIV screening and confirmation, respectively. HIV discrepant specimens were retested with the two assays and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (Roche HIV DNA v 1.5) tests were conducted on all samples with two sets of discrepant results. For quality control, all positive specimens and a random sample of 5% of negative specimens were retested in a different laboratory using the same testing algorithm. The Kalon HSV Type 2- specific IgG EIA was used for HSV-2 testing. This was a recombinant type-2 antigen (gG2) modified to eliminate reactivity arising from HSV type 1 infection and at the same time retaining the natural antigenic characteristics of HSV-2. For syphilis testing, the Treponema pallidum particle agglutination (TPPA) assay was used as a screening test and rapid plasma reagin (RPR) for confirmation.
Correct knowledge of HIV status was defined as reported HIV status validated by laboratory testing during the survey. Ever testing was defined as self-report of one or more HIV tests prior to the survey. We developed gender-specific models to assess factors associated with ever having been tested for HIV in ever sexually active persons. Predictor variables included socio-demographic characteristics, pregnancy history and status, HSV-2 infection, syphilis infection, perception of HIV risk, lifetime sexual partners, condom use at last sex, number of outpatient visits in the last 12 months, number of hospitalizations in the last 12 months (excluding outpatient or antenatal care visits), and male circumcision status. We reported predictors for men and women separately because of differences in testing rates. Wealth was defined using a DHS standard composite index of the living standard of a household, calculated using data on a household's ownership of selected assets, materials used for housing construction, water access and sanitation facilities [19]. The wealth index placed households on a continuous scale of relative wealth using principal components analysis. Individuals were categorized according to the score of their household and the sample was divided into quintiles, each with an equal number of individuals, ranging from the poorest to wealthiest.
We performed all analyses in SAS version 9.2 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, North Carolina, USA) using the sample survey procedures to take into account the sampling structure (stratification, sample weighting, and clustering), and with appropriate domain analysis for each subpopulation of interest. Statistical significance in cross-tabulations was assessed based on Rao-Scott chi-square p-values. The p-value for the difference between CD4 cell counts was calculated using linear regression (PROC SURVEYREG) on log-transformed CD4 counts. Using multivariable logistic regression (PROC SURVEYLOGISTIC), we calculated adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) to identify variables independently associated with the outcome. Analyses accounted for the stratified cluster design of the survey. Each response was weighted to account for its sampling probability and to adjust for non-response rates. Variables with a p-value <0.1 in bivariate analyses were selected for final multivariable models and backwards elimination was used if they did not remain significant at a 0.05 p-value level. The category with the strongest association was defined as the maximum negative or positive difference from the reference 1. Two-way interactions between variables were considered. Population estimates were calculated based on the 2007 projected Kenyan population [20]. The gap between Kenya's national testing target and testing coverage documented in KAIS was calculated by subtracting 2007 testing rates from Kenya's national target of 80% of the sexually active population to know their HIV status [21] and multiplying with the projected base population. Uncertainty bounds were calculated by multiplying lower and upper confidence limits, respectively, from KAIS estimates for sexual activity and HIV testing.
Oral informed consent was obtained from all eligible persons in a three-stage-process: 1) to be interviewed, 2) to have a blood specimen drawn, and 3) to have their blood stored without identifiers for possible future tests. For each of the components, the interviewer signed the consent form to indicate whether or not consent was given. For participants aged 15–17 years, parental or guardian permission was obtained. Eligible persons aged 15–17 years were then asked for their assent. Mature minors, operationalized in KAIS as persons who were married, pregnant or parents, or who were guardians of children aged 0–4 years whose mother died or was HIV infected, did not need parental consent [22]. Investigators obtained a waiver of documentation of informed consent for all participants because the research presented no more than minimal risk of harm to the subjects, the waiver did not adversely affect the rights and welfare of the participants, and the survey involved no procedures for which written consent is normally required outside the research context in Kenya. Survey protocols, including consent procedures, were approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and the Institutional Review Board of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
A total of 15,853 of 19,840 eligible persons aged 15–64 years participated in interviews and blood specimen collection, representing a response rate of 80% (women 83%, men 77%). Among those, 1104 or 7.1% (95% CI 6.5–7.7) were HIV infected (men 5.4%, 95% CI 4.7–6.0; women: 8.4%, 95% CI 7.5–9.2). HIV prevalence ranged between 0.8% (95% CI 0–1.6) in North-Eastern to 8.8% (95% CI 6.3–11.4) in Nairobi and 14.9% (95% CI 13.1–16.6) in Nyanza province. Among participants in interviews and blood draws, 87.8% (95% CI 87.1–88.5) reported that they had ever been sexually active (men 85.9%, 95% CI 84.7–87.2; women 89.2%, 95% CI 88.4–90.0). Among those ever sexually active, 27.4% (95% CI 25.6–29.2) of men and 44.2% (95% CI 42.5–46.0) of women reported that they had ever tested for HIV. The gap between Kenya's national testing target and testing coverage documented in KAIS in 2007 was an estimated 4,366,000 (uncertainty bounds 4,280,000–4,452,000) men aged 15–64 years old and 3,295,000 (uncertainty bounds 3,157,000–3,421,000) women.
Predictors of HIV testing
There were no significant differences between HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected persons regarding HIV testing history. Highest ever HIV testing rates in men were found for age 30–34 years, urban residence, Nairobi province, secondary or higher education, highest wealth index quintile and contact with health facilities. Women who had had an HIV test had similar characteristics as men, but had a highest testing rate at age 20–24 (Table 1). HIV testing rates were significantly higher among women of reproductive age (15–49 years) (49.4%, 95% CI 47.5–51.2) compared to men in the same age group (28.9%, 95% CI 27.1–30.7, p<0.0001). Among women aged 15–49 years who reported ever having sex, 33.5% (95% CI 31.8–35.3) had never been tested for HIV, 48.7% (95% CI 46.8–50.6) had their last HIV test during antenatal care, and an additional 17.7% (95% CI 16.3–19.1) had their last HIV test elsewhere. Among women 15–49 who had ever been tested for HIV, 66.1% (63.6–68.6) had their last HIV test as part of routine antenatal care (ANC). Among older adults (aged 50–64 years), HIV testing was significantly lower overall and higher in men (20.8%, 95% CI 17.7–23.9) compared to women (13.6%, 95% CI 11.0–16.1, p<0.0001).
Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of persons aged 15–64 years reporting ever HIV testing, by gender, Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2007.
Among ever sexually active adults aged 15–64 years who had never been tested for HIV, 39.6% (95% CI 37.2–41.9) of women and 48.9% (95% CI 46.7–51.1) of men reported they had not been tested because they perceived themselves to be at low risk for HIV infection; 26.7% (95% CI 24.2–29.2) of women and 20.7% (95% CI 18.8–22.5) of men provided no reason for never having been tested. Less than 10% of ever sexually active respondents reported lack of access to testing, fear of others knowing about the test result, not knowing where to go to get tested or lack of access to treatment as reasons for not getting tested.
Table 2 presents results of bivariate and multivariable analyses for variables associated with ever HIV testing in separate models of ever sexually active men and women aged 15–64 years. In final multivariable models, independent factors for testing in men included older age, with a strong association when comparing 25–34 year olds and 15–19 year olds (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 2.7, 95% CI: 1.6–4.5; p = 0.0002), province with the strongest association North-Eastern versus Nairobi (AOR 0.2, 95% CI: 0.1–0.7; p = 0.0102), education with the strongest association secondary or more versus no primary education (AOR 4.4, 95% CI: 2.2–8.9; p<0.0001), highest wealth index versus the four lower categories combined (AOR 1.8, 95% CI: 1.3–2.5; p = 0.0006), condom use at last sex (AOR 1.6, 95% CI: 1.2–2.2; p = 0.0005) and 1 or more versus 0 outpatient visits in the last 12 months (AOR 1.9, 95% CI: 1.4–2.5; p<0.0001). Independent factors for HIV testing in women included age with the strongest association age 35 and older versus 15–19 years (AOR 0.2, 95% CI: 0.1–0.3; p<0.0001), urban versus rural (AOR 1.6, 95% CI: 1.2–2.0; p = 0.0005), province with the strongest association North-Eastern versus Nairobi (AOR 0.1, 95% CI: 0–0.3; p<0.0001, marital status with the strongest association divorced or separated versus never married or cohabitating (AOR 1.9, 95% CI: 1.2–2.9; p = 0.0035), education with the strongest association secondary or more versus no primary education (AOR 3.9, 95% CI: 2.9–5.3; p<0.0001), ever pregnant (AOR 3.0, 95% CI: 2.2–3.9; p<0.0001), perceived HIV risk with the strongest associations low versus no perceived risk (AOR 0.7, 95% CI: 0.6–0.9; p = 0.0035) and moderate versus no perceived risk (AOR 0.7, 95% CI: 0.6–0.9; p = 0.0007), and 1 or more versus 0 hospitalizations in the last 12 months (AOR 2.4, 95% CI: 1.6–3.7; p<0.0001) (Table 2). While adjusted odds for ever HIV testing in men were 2–3 times as high in all age categories 20 years and older compared to men aged 15–19 years, the adjusted odds in women 35 years or older were only one fifth compared to the reference group. There was a trend of increasing AOR for ever HIV testing with higher levels of education in men and women.
Table 2. Unadjusted* and adjusted odds ratios for factors associated with ever testing for HIV from gender-specific models, Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2007.
Awareness of HIV status and testing history among HIV-infected persons
Among all laboratory-confirmed HIV-infected persons in KAIS 2007, 56.0% (95% CI 51.9–60.0) had never been tested, 27.6% (95% CI 24.3–31.0) of HIV-infected persons reported not to be infected based on their last HIV test, and 16.4% (95% CI 13.2–19.6) reported being infected based on the results of their last HIV test. HIV-infected women (31.4%, 95% CI 27.5–35.4) were significantly more likely than men (19.5%, 95% CI 14.6–24.4, p<0.0001) to self-report negative based on their last test result. In total, 83.6% (95% CI 76.2–91.0) of HIV-infected adults aged 15–64 years were unaware of their HIV infection (Figure 1). Based on these findings, in 2007, an estimated 428,000 (95% CI 371,000–486,000) HIV-infected men and 697,000 (95% CI 626,000–768,000) HIV-infected women nationwide were unaware of their HIV status.
Figure 1. Awareness of HIV status and testing history among HIV-infected persons, Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2007.
Among laboratory-confirmed HIV-infected persons who reported that they had received a negative HIV test before KAIS 2007, 56.8% (95% CI 50.3–63.3) reported that their last HIV test was performed over 12 months prior to the survey, suggesting that these persons may have been exposed and infected since their last negative test. In addition, the median CD4 cell count was significantly higher in this group (595.0 cells/µL) suggesting possible recent infection, as compared to HIV-infected respondents who also reported that they were positive (412.0 cells/µL, p<0.0001).
Missed opportunities for HIV testing
HIV-infected, undiagnosed women who had never been tested for HIV had the highest proportion of missed testing opportunities during an ANC visit in the 12 months before the survey (39.1%, 95% CI 34.5–43.6) (Figure 2). In 2007, 23.2% (95% CI 17.2–29.2) of men and 45.5% (95% CI 39.7–51.4) of women had at least one missed opportunity for testing during an inpatient, outpatient or ANC visit. Overall, 87.8% (95% CI 83.8–92.0) of men and 89.4% (95% CI 86.2–92.5) of women said that they were willing to be tested at home.
Figure 2. Percentages and 95% confidence intervals of missed opportunities for HIV testing among ever sexually active, HIV-infected undiagnosed persons aged 15–64 years who reported never having been tested for HIV, by gender, Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2007.
KAIS showed that only one-quarter of ever sexually active men and less than half of ever sexually active women aged 15–64 years in Kenya in 2007 had been tested for HIV. Furthermore, more than 80% of HIV-infected adults aged 15–64 years were unaware of their HIV infection, and among those, one-third reported being uninfected but had a laboratory-confirmed positive HIV test. Time since last HIV test and higher CD4 counts suggests that many of these had sero-converted since their last HIV test.
Considering that in 2003, only 15% of all Kenyans aged 15–49 years had ever been tested (compared to 37% of that age group in KAIS), Kenya made substantial progress in expanding testing [16], [23]. However, overall testing coverage in 2007 remained far below Kenya's national goal of testing 80% of all adolescents and adults [21], and gender difference in testing rates demonstrated a need for special efforts to bring HIV testing to men. Higher testing rates in women of reproductive age and the finding that half of these women reported that they their last HIV test was during antenatal care confirmed the importance of ANC services for HIV testing in women but also raised the question of sufficient access to HIV testing for women who do not get pregnant and older women who are less likely to get HIV tested during ANC. In addition, the large proportion of people with HIV infection reporting a previously negative HIV test indicates ongoing incident infection and the need for more frequent HIV testing than once in a lifetime.
Testing rates for both men and women were higher in urban areas (highest in the capital Nairobi), in better-educated and wealthier persons, and in persons who had contact with health facilities. In multivariable analyses, variables that were independently associated with ever HIV testing for both men and women included age, province, education and contact to health services (outpatient visits in men, hospitalizations in women). In men only, wealth index and condom use at last sex were independently associated with ever HIV testing. In women only, marital status, ever having been pregnant, and perceived HIV risk were independently associated with ever HIV testing. The considerably lower odds for ever testing in women aged 35 years and older compared to men of that age confirmed that women are testing at younger age, most likely driven by ANC services during pregnancy. All provinces with significant AOR were negatively associated with ever HIV testing when compared to Nairobi. This included North-Eastern, the province with limited need for HIV testing, given a HIV prevalence of <1%, and Nyanza with a 40% lower odds for ever HIV testing in women yet an HIV prevalence in women of 17% compared to 10% in Nairobi. Nyanza is a mostly rural province on the shore of Lake Victoria with the highest rates for HIV in the country, at least partially due to a low prevalence of male circumcision, while North Eastern province is less populated and ethnic groups in this area traditionally circumcise. Independent associations with ever HIV testing of both education and wealth (men only) in our study highlight linkages between HIV infection, access to services, and socio-economic status [24]. The main reason for not testing for HIV among those never previously tested was low perception of risk, which has been also reported from Uganda [12].
We found that considerable opportunities for testing were missed during general or pregnancy-specific contacts with health facilities. Our study suggests that more than 90% of all persons in Kenya with undiagnosed HIV infection who had never been tested could potentially be identified through a combination of provider-initiated testing and door-to-door testing in high prevalence provinces. However, coverage of door-to-door testing can decrease when family members cannot be reached at home [25].
The 2008 National Guidelines for HIV Testing and Counselling in Kenya promote a diversified approach to reduce the number of missed opportunities for providing HTC including client-initiated, provider-initiated, self-testing, home-based testing and mass HIV testing campaigns [21]. The guidelines call for integration of HTC into other health services to allow for early detection and better health care for persons living with HIV [21]. Our findings show that targeting sexually active men in general, sexually active non-pregnant and older women (e.g. ≥35 years), and rural and disadvantaged populations should be a priority for prevention efforts, as well as increasing general knowledge about HIV risks in a country with a prevalence of 7%. Standardized quality-control measures for HIV testing, partner testing and mutual disclosure of testing results are additional programmatic implications.
In times of increasing restrictions of funding, national strategies need to consider the most cost-efficient interventions. Menzies and colleagues estimated costs and effectiveness of four HTC strategies in Uganda in 2003–2005 [26]. Door-to-door HCT had the lowest cost per client tested ($8.29) and per client who tested for the first time ($9.21) compared to costs of $11.68 and $14.73, respectively, during hospital-based HCT. However, cost per HIV-positive individual identified was considerably higher for door-to-door HCT ($163.93) than for hospital-based HCT ($43.10). Door-to-door HCT was able to reach more clients as couples (21.6%) than hospital-based HCT (3.2%). Although these results may not be entirely transferable to Kenya, this study confirmed that a mixture of different types of HTC facilities will allow contributing to Kenya's national targets of achieving 80% of the sexually active population to know their HIV status [21], maximize preventive effects that have been shown to be strongest among HIV-positive clients and discordant couples [4], and identify as many persons as possible living with HIV but do not know their status. Further operational research is needed to determine the ideal mixture of services for a country like Kenya and the frequency of repeat testing needed for specific risk populations and in high HIV prevalence areas to identify persons with recent infection early and enroll them into care and treatment programmes. Home-based testing was acceptable to over 80% of persons aged 15–64 years in KAIS 2007 and may help achieve the national testing goal.
Program and survey data in Kenya suggest that testing coverage has continued to increase since KAIS. In 2008–9 [27], 40% of men and 57% of women aged 15–49 years in Kenya had been tested for HIV and had received results at least once in their lifetime (up from 26% and 45% for age 15–49 years, respectively, in KAIS 2007). Nevertheless, given persistent incidence [28], on-going provision of testing will be critical for Kenya's HIV prevention, care and treatment efforts. While testing rates continue to increase in the country and this may place Kenya more towards the higher end of testing rates in sub-Saharan Africa [11], consolidated efforts are needed to reach Kenya's national goal and allow all HIV-infected persons access to life saving treatment. Similar proportions of persons unaware of their HIV status as in our study may be found in other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with a generalized HIV epidemic similar to Kenya's, indicating the need to include both laboratory testing results for HIV and interview data on prior testing history and current HIV status in population-based HIV surveys.
Our study had several limitations. Cross-sectional surveys do not allow for determination of the sequence of events in time. KAIS was not designed to assess HIV testing among high-risk populations, such as sex workers, men who have sex with men, or intravenous drug users (Kenya has increased surveillance efforts for these populations since 2010). Some data were not available from the study, e.g., whether respondents had not tested for HIV because no transport was available to reach a testing site or they were not able to pay for the transport, or whether they had tested as a couple. There is no generally accepted definition of a high HIV prevalence area; therefore, missed opportunities were reported across Kenya without excluding provinces with relatively low prevalence such as North-Eastern. High rates of undiagnosed infection suggest limited coverage of testing services and relatively high incidence; however, they may also partially reflect reporting bias due to misunderstanding of prior results, denial, misreporting, or false-negative test results. Finally, Kenya's population structure with over 40 ethnic groups of considerable cultural differences may have resulted in some differences in self-reporting. The example of reporting bias of HIV results was discussed above. In general, the direction and magnitude of any potential reporting bias is unknown.
In spite of these limitations, by including for the first time questions on HIV status and CD4 count testing among HIV-infected persons, Kenya's nationally representative HIV survey helped inform HIV program planning with unprecedented detail. Our findings illuminated both the high rates of undiagnosed infection throughout Kenya and the clear opportunities for expanding testing coverage to meet the national and 2008 United Nations goals of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support [29]. Knowledge of HIV status could help protect millions of people from transmitting HIV unknowingly, from suffering unnecessarily from opportunistic infections, and from dying prematurely with no access to treatment. Three decades into an epidemic, which has already claimed more than an estimated 15 million lives in Africa alone [30], the urgency of universal testing access could not be clearer.
The authors thank Anthony Gichangi for first analyses, George Rutherford and Willy McFarland for their comments on an earlier version of the manuscript, and the KAIS Study Group for their contribution to design of the survey and collection of the data set: Michael Arnold, Godfrey Baltazar, Isack Baya, John Bore, Rebecca Bunnell, Sufia Dadabhai, Helen Dale, Jared Ichwara, Allen Hightower, Tura Galgalo, Catherine Gichimu, Anthony Gichangi, Reinhard Kaiser, Timothy Kellogg, George Kichamu, Andrea Kim, Evelyn Kim, Samuel Kipruto, George K'opiyo, Ernest Makokha, Barbara Marston, Lawrence Marum, Margaret Mburu, Jonathan Mermin, Joy Mirjahangir, Rex Mpazanje, Ibrahim Mohamed, Patrick Muriithi, James Muttunga, Mary Mwangi, Carol Ngare, Raymond Nyoka, Linus Odawo, Samuel Ogola, Christopher Omolo, Tom Oluoch, Ray Shiraishi, John Wanyungu, Anthony Waruru. Disclaimer: The content and views in this manuscript are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Conceived and designed the experiments: PC RK CN JM EM RB. Performed the experiments: RK CN JM RB. Analyzed the data: JW RWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK JG CN JM RB. Wrote the paper: PC RK JG. Reviewed and approved the manuscript: PC RK JG JW RWS CN JM EM RB.
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The awe really sets in about 30km out of Lake Louise, triggered by Crowfoot Glacier above Bow Lake. It’s the kind of panorama that makes you fully appreciate the convenience of the many pull-over sites alongside the road – a circumstance that doesn’t go unnoticed by the ravens, who hop around as soon as the car pulls up in the hope of scraps.
Crowfoot Glacier has lost one of its three toes and is still shrinking, but continues to impress as it reigns over the valley. There are more than 100 glaciers along the route, but this lakeside setting and its proximity to the road makes Crowfoot one of the most impressive.
About halfway along the route, Banff National Park ends and Jasper National Park begins. The two parks are UNESCO World Heritage sites, totalling more than 17,000sq km and drawing literally millions of visitors each year.
Straddling the parks’ border is the Columbia Icefield, a massive shelf of ice covering more than 300sq km, feeding six glaciers and bordered by some of Canada’s highest mountains. The icefields, supplied by 7m of snow each year, feed rivers that run into the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, and is one of only two such features in the world. The retreat of these glaciers is a concern for those who rely on that meltwater, but for casual visitors, they simply amaze.
On the glacier
To get a closer look, we pull in to the Icefield Centre, 130km from Lake Louise. It is a seasonal attraction offering the chance to walk on the Athabasca Glacier, Canada’s most visited glacier. The icefield buses ferry passengers on to the moraine, an area of rocky debris left behind as the glacier retreats. There, especially built transports capable of negotiating 20 degree slopes – the dirt road down on to the glacier is 18 degrees – make the journey up on to the ice. We’re lucky, and the wind blows just long enough to give us a taste of the icy breath more usually sweeping down from the ice sheet before abating, allowing us to enjoy a sunny 30-minute stroll on the cleared surface where blue ice sits beneath a frosting of snow.
In the interpretive centre, paintings show how the glacier has retreated since the first arrival of Europeans armed with easels. Currently, the Athabasca Glacier is up to 300m deep and about 6km long, but is 1.5km shorter than it was about 125 years ago.
Fuelled by coffee from the cafeteria, we drive on and find that, even in late October, when the glacier and snow-melt fed waterways are ebbing in the approach to winter, waterfalls at sites such as Tangle Creek and Bridal Veil are still worth pulling over for. At Tangle Creek, where a section of the falls are within easy walking distance of the road, the water’s edge is rimed with ice and icicles hang from the cliff.
About the 150km mark, the avalanche warning signs are given added import by a massive rock slide at Jonas Creek. A scar runs through the forest, and a wide tumble of jagged boulders as large as motorcycles covers the ground beside the highway.
A stop opposite Mt Kerkeslin is nicknamed Goats and Glaciers for its clifftop vantage over the Athabasca River and frequent sightings of mountain goats. Sadly, the goats are coy during our visit, and even at Jasper, where a herd has made its home, we see none. Elk and deer are plentiful, however, with a small herd of elk grazing alongside the road at the Jasper Park Lodge when we arrive. Caribou warning signs alongside the road and bear-proof bins point to other wildlife we aren’t lucky enough to spot.
Athabasca Falls
Athabasca Falls, about 200km from our starting point, is the ideal place to stretch our legs. The river has cut its way through the rock to make a long, thin gorge, chiselling amazing shapes and holes in the cliffs made accessible by an array of paths and stairways. On the rocky beach where the river discharges once more into a lake, visitors have made numerous inukshuks: monuments of piled stones first erected by indigenous tribes to mark trails and hunting grounds. The symbol is common in the tourist shops as a symbol of safe travel and memorable locations.
The falls mark a junction; we turn off to follow 93A, a dual carriageway running on the western side and closer to the river. Our hopes of seeing goats or other wildlife on this quieter stretch of road are dashed, but the scenery remains impressive as the road twists alongside the river.
We reach Jasper in time to take in the sunset from the Old Fort Hill – the steep walk is worth it. We pause for elk crossing the road, then head on to the Fairmont’s Jasper Park Lodge, which boasts a picturesque lakeside site and one of Canada’s most highly regarded golf courses.
Our cabin view room is furnished in standard hotel fashion, but housed inside a long log cabin-style wing with common front veranda and private rear balcony. Water birds, including Canada geese, patrol the lawns.
The site dates back to 1915, and numerous mounted trophy heads and rough wood furniture reflects the resort’s early history in that era of expansion. The food, however, is thoroughly modern and sourced as locally as possible. Dinner includes salmon and pavlova.
The next day, we extend our parkways definition to include the 30km drive out to Maligne Lake, a postcard site where the canoes have been beached for the winter – one left right way up has its floor half-filled with ice despite the warm day. The speed limit has been reduced to 30kmh due to concerns for the safety of wildlife; it’s a relaxing drive out and back along the snaking road, broken by scenic strolls at Maligne Canyon and Medicine Lake.
And then it’s time to return, back along Route 93, pausing for a lunch of gourmet hot dogs at Saskatchewan Crossing and revisiting many of the sites encountered on the previous day. Still no goats, but no less entrancing the second time around, and truly sublime.
Parkway driving
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REAL Trends + Inside Real Estate Release Study on Flawlessly Executing a New Tech Platform
“A Journey to Tech Perfection” case study follows Miami-based brokerage, The Keyes Company, through its tech goal setting and marketing plan for agent adoption of the kvCORE platform.
DENVER (February 12, 2019)—Today, REAL Trends Inc., in partnership with Inside Real Estate, released “A Journey to Technology Perfection,” an exclusive case study featuring The Keyes Company and their near flawless rollout of a technology platform that had record numbers of agent adoption.
REAL Trends and Inside Real Estate set out to answer an age-old problem for brokerages: Agent adoption with technology implementation. What the two companies found in the case study were four main pain points outlined by The Keyes Company and how they were determined to fix these setbacks.
“With the lead landscape changing, we needed to take control of our destiny away from the major portals,” says Keyes CEO Mike Pappas. “To do that, we needed a smart CRM to handle longer-term relationships with our clients and leads. Without being able to engage in the process using a tech platform actively, we were losing a lot of opportunities.”
The Keyes Company shares their technology journey by first identifying their pain points and then outlining a plan on how to address them. They knew that it was important to find a technology partner that was flexible to their needs and able to integrate with all their other tools. This, they believed, would increase agent adoption.
Technology implementation strategy is not a one-size-fits-all solution. It took The Keyes Company nearly nine months from the time they signed with kvCORE to the system running. With three brands and over 4,000 agents, it was important to The Keyes Company and to Inside Real Estate to manage the project effectively to increase agent adoption. What Keyes also solved was the agent adoption problem by offering a smooth, well-thought-out rollout of the platform. Within three months, about 90 percent of their agents had logged in to the system. “Our lead cost went from $100 to $150 per lead to under $10 per lead,” says Pappas.
To find out how they set their goals, determined pain points and organized a smooth rollout, download the case study, “A Journey to Tech Perfection,” for free at https://www.realtrends.com/inside-real-estate.
“We had all the tools, but we weren’t setting it up in a way that the lead generation was what it should be. It was too difficult for agents to manage.”
—Wendi Iglesias, CIO of The Keyes Company
ABOUT THE KEYES COMPANY
The Keyes Company was founded in 1926 by Ken Keyes during Florida’s early boom years. The South Florida firm survived the Great Miami hurricane of 1926 and the Great Depression and was sold to Ted Pappas in the 1960s. In 1992, Ted’s sons Mike and Tim Pappas bought the company. Mike serves as the chief executive officer, while Tim is senior vice president. Despite many acquisitions over the years, the company remains family-owned. They now have four different brands that they operate with 58 offices from the Homestead area up through Volusia County, Florida. They have a little over 3,500 sales associates.
ABOUT INSIDE REAL ESTATE
Inside Real Estate is among the fastest-growing real estate software companies in the industry and serves over 140,000 agents, teams, and brokers throughout the U.S. and Canada. The company is the developer of the kvCORE Platform, the only comprehensive brokerage platform that singlehandedly serves the needs of the broker, office manager, team lead and agent. To cater to the unique needs of every business, 50+ deep integrations and vetted partner solutions are available to platform users through the Marketplace, the cloud-based integration center for Inside Real Estate. For standalone teams with brokerages not supported by kvCORE, the k+ TEAM Platform is available with features designed specifically for the team business model. To learn more about Inside Real Estate Inside solutions visit insiderealestate.com
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CLICK FOR ALL NEWS » Turkish films will be on air on IMAGEN TV
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Produced by two of Turkey’s biggest production houses, these four feature films are excellent examples of the success of Turkish films. “Our movie catalogue is full of strong titles and we cannot wait to see our compelling stories and characters on screens worldwide. We are expecting several offers for our films in the near future too,” said Beatriz Cea Okan, Sales Executive at Inter Medya.
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Inter Medya signed a multi-feature film deal with Mexico’s Imagen TV, bringing the first Turkish movies to the region. The broadcaster has picked up three titles from TAFF Pictures, ETERNAL LOVE, MY BROTHER 1 & 2 and one title from Avsar Film, SECOND CHANCE, which were all blockbusters in T…
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ITV Inter Medya at DISCOP ISTANBUL
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ITV Inter Medya at NATPE MIAMI
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Forget Me Not 1000th Episode Celebration
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The Huelva 2012 Co-production Forum
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Can Okan on France 24 Arabia
Ms. Aziza Nait Sibaha, International Affairs Editor of French State Broadcaster France 24’s Arabic Channel visited the offices of ITV Inter Medya in order to make an interview with Mr. Can Okan, the President/CEO of the company. The interview where the success and impacts of Turkish series’ has…
ITV Inter Medya at Mipcom again with a bigger stand
ITV Inter Medya has attended Mipcom which has taken place in Cannes between October 8-11 at their stand at the Riviera Sea View with a fifty per cent bigger space than last year’s market. The company represented by 5 sellers and 3 buyers who have had over 200 meetings with broadcasters and d…
ITV Inter Medya 20th Anniversary Party at Plage Royale
ITV Inter Medya celebrated their 20th anniversary with a party with more than 550 guests at Plage Royale, one of the most popular places of the Croisette on the second evening of Mipcom. The party which started at 8:00 PM with open buffet dinner containing Turkish specialities continued with…
Prix Italia Forum - “The New Frotiers of Co-Productions for TV Drama: Focus On Turkey”
Mr. Can Okan President/CEO of ITV Inter Medya has been invited to a panel at Prix Italia, the world’s oldest radio, television and new media festival organized by RAI in Turin, Italy between 16-21 September 2012. The Forum offered both Prix Italia’s attendees and Italian and international p…
ITV Inter Medya has attended Ukranian Content Market 2012 which has taken place at Radisson Blu Hotel, Kiev between September 12th-September 14th, 2012.
ITV Inter Medya moved to new offices in August.
Due to the increasing number of employees and the larger space requirement, the fast-growing company ITV - Inter Medya moved to new offices in Istanbul's most fashionable neighborhood, Nisantasi. Renovation and decoration works of the new office, in a building that is nearly 80 years old,…
ITV Inter Medya has attended Natpe Budapest 2012 which has taken place Sofitel Chain Bridge Hotel, Budapest between June 26th-June 28th, 2012.
ITV – Inter Medya has attended MIPTV 2012 which has taken place at Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France between April 1st-April 4th, 2012.
ITV – Inter Medya has attended DISCOP ISTANBUL 2012 which has taken place at Ceylan Intercontinental Hotel, Istanbul between February 28th-March 1st, 2012.
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YVETTE GREGORY IS WINE TASTING
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While actress Yvette Gregory looks like Beatriz Jones, the character she plays in the Eros Panhellenios 2017 film Wine Tasting, the dichotomy is clear when you study each woman. It’s even more clear for the woman who becomes the other. The two may share some history with wine, Gregory’s family has a vineyard (Hentley Farm in South Australia) and Jones is in a relationship with a sommelier, but that’s close to the only intersection for these two. While Beatriz is a bit “tightly wound”, Yvette has been an artist seeking out challenges since her days as a child on set in her homeland of Australia. It’s ironic that it takes someone as free spirited as Gregory to convincingly portray the constrained Jones. It’s just one aspect in a series of counter intuitive preconceptions you might make about Gregory…which you’ll soon learn to realign.
Having already experienced a highly successful acting career in Australia and enjoying a comfortable living would be enough for most of us but for Gregory there is always a new mountain to climb. Entertainment is in her DNA (her mother was a model) and she was in front of the camera while still in her single digits. Acting was as everyday as…well, everyday life. While notoriety and financial compensation is the definition of success for most people, new challenges and the pursuit of her craft are paramount for Yvette. Leaving her stable and successful acting career, family, and friends in Australia; this actress headed to Los Angeles in search of success in Hollywood.
The pursuit of success and the conflict it can cause is the theme of Wine Tasting in which Gregory portrayed Beatriz Jones, the girlfriend of aspiring Sommelier Ed Tate (played by Josh Thrower). Wine Tasting follows four men who have struggled and sacrificed vast swaths of their personal and professional lives to become professional wine tasters. When all but one of them passes the incredibly difficult sommelier certification test, the ensuing conflict threatens to tear their close-knit group apart. Yvette’s character is one of the men’s girlfriends, and throughout the film she struggles to maintain their relationship as his wine-tasting obsession becomes overwhelming. Wine Tasting’s Award Winning script by Justin Samuels has won awards at Film Festivals including: the Beverly Hills Film Festival, Sunscreen Film Festival, Evolution and Mallorca International Film Festival, and is an Official Selection to the San Rafael Film Festival. The theme of success, community, and conflict is not foreign to Yvette or her chosen profession. She comments, “Of course we all have that little green monster inside of us. I would say it’s probably even more prevalent in the entertainment Industry. Everyone has their own path and if you stay in line long enough, your turn will eventually come. I have friends who have found success back home and in Hollywood very quickly and others who have hustled for decades. I know my biggest character defect is when I start to compare myself to someone else. It’s good to take a step back, look at what you have accomplished and find gratitude for everything you have achieved so far. The main difference is if you recognize these things in yourself or if you impulsively act on them. One of the great things about acting is that you do a lot of introspection, which allows you to not just react without thinking.” Gregory is much more actualized than the main characters of Wine Tasting who are sometimes defined by the situations that occur in their lives.
Yvette’s role as adult escort Stephanie in Amazon’s “Private Sales” couldn’t be further from herself or Beatriz but the role gave the actress a great deal of exposure, leading to opportunities such as her role in Wine Tasting. While “lady of the evening” may not cause you to think “girlfriend”, the producers of Wine Tasting recognized something in the portrayal that worked exceedingly well. Gregory agrees, “I think my role in ‘Private Sales’ played a big a part in this casting even though Beatriz who I was cast as in Wine Tasting couldn’t be any more different than the role I played in ‘Private Sales’! Beatriz is totally reserved and a bit of a prude with jealousy and trust issues about her boyfriend. I think I pull off the pretty nerd look and that’s Beatriz’ vibe, which helped casting decipher the role for me pretty quickly. Beatriz is a bit conservative and reserved but isn’t afraid to tell it how it is when it gets to the breaking point. She really loves Ed but is torn because he slowly becomes more and more distant, showing little respect for her time. Relationships are hard at the best of times but, when a relationship is new and other commitments seem to become more important, it really tests the trust and stability of the relationship. Beatriz is intelligent, articulate and loving but she is also a little emotionally immature. They both have a lot of growing up to do.”
The conflict that comes from a lack of time is not restricted to relationships and their love. Yvette was cast as Beatriz almost as filming was set to start. Even when you love what you do, a cramped timeline can lead to anxiety. Inevitable last minute changes occur, as in all productions, but the time afforded most actors to truly and deeply understand their character was significantly reduced for this actress…not that you would ever know it. Wine Tasting’s director, Josh Miller, declares, “Yvette is an exceptional actress with everything a director could want from a performer. Her ability to adapt to changes in the material is remarkable, and her talent for improvisation is second to none. Yvette was one of Wine Tasting’s most valuable assets.” You won’t hear any complaining about the twelve plus hour shooting days or lack of prep time from Gregory who is fully aware that she is living out her dream. Even though dreams don’t come easy, they do come with perks. Yvette remarks, “Shooting at the famous Saban Theater in Beverly Hills was a special treat. With all the history of the great actors who have performed there, it demanded excellence of all of us. If I were to be honest, that’s the reason I left behind what I had already achieved in Australia. I wanted to be working in a new setting that demanded excellence from me. Travelling to Hollywood to work alongside those who I perceived to be at the upper echelon of the industry, that’s what success means to me…and it feels pretty great.”
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by Investment Fraud Lawyers | Jan 8, 2020
Strategic Realty Trust is focused on owning shopping center properties generally anchored by large grocery stores. The non-traded REIT is sponsored by Thompson National Properties, LLC. Strategic Realty Trust price was was originally sold at a price of $10.00/share. In May 2019, Mackenzie Realty Capital, Inc. made a tender offer at $4.02/share! That tender offer price is well below the the Strategic Realty Trust (srtreit.com) stated current value based on the sponsor’s representations reporting $5.86/share. Notwithstanding those estimates by the sponsor, the most recent trading range reported by a secondary market source was in the $3.75/share to $3.00/share range. See Central Trade and Transfer, which appears much closer to the tender offer pricing. For buyers who paid at or near the original $10.00/share price level, or those accepting the recent tender offer, this could reflect a significant loss.
1 Strategic Realty Trust: Non-Traded REIT Suitability and Sales Issues
2 Investors Seeking to Recover Losses From Strategic Realty Trust Price Losses
Strategic Realty Trust: Non-Traded REIT Suitability and Sales Issues
These investments are generally offered by financial advisors working at independent broker-dealer firms. They represent one type of Direct Participation Programs (DPPs). Non-Traded REITs and BDCs are typically risky illiquid alternative investments that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) define as a “Reg D” offerings also known as “private placement.” The reference to Regulation D provides exemptions from the typical registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933.
A brokerage firm selling a private placement still has a duty to conduct a reasonable investigation of any securities it recommends. The types of problems that FINRA found in the past with regard to some private placements were significant and include outright fraud and sales practice abuse in Regulation D offerings. With private placements, the firm recommending the investment to a customer must also conduct a reasonable investigation into the issuer and its management, the business prospects of the issuer, the assets held by or to be acquired by the issuer, the claims being made by the issuer, and the intended use of the offering. Failure of a firm to adequately investigate a given private placement can result in a violation of antifraud provisions of federal securities law, as well as FINRA Rule 2010 (adherence to just and equitable principles of trade) and Rule 2020 (prohibiting manipulative and fraudulent devices). In addition to various cases and enforcement actions cited in Regulatory Notice 10-22 (and its endnotes), another sweep by FINRA resulted in more crackdowns on firms (and individuals) that did not conduct a reasonable investigation before selling private placements to customers.
Also, with respect to private placement investments, broker-dealer firms still must supervise their brokers in the investigation and recommendation being made to the customer. In addition to the typical supervision duties that a broker-dealer firm has over its registered representatives, as required by FINRA Rule 3010, private placements necessitate additional supervisory procedures.
As reminded by FINRA Regulatory Notice 10-22, those additional supervisory procedures must be reasonably designed to ensure that a broker-dealer firm’s registered representatives: (1) engage in an inquiry that is sufficiently rigorous to comply with their legal and regulatory requirements; (2) perform the analysis required by FINRA Rule 2111 (formerly, NASD Rule 2310); (3) qualify their customers as eligible to purchase securities offered pursuant to Regulation D; and (4) do not violate the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws or FINRA rules in connection with their preparation or distribution of offering documents or sales literature. Importantly, each Reg. D offering must be properly supervised “before it is marketed to other firms or sold directly to customers.”
Investors Seeking to Recover Losses From Strategic Realty Trust Price Losses
For some investors, a private FINRA arbitration customer dispute enables them to bring a claim and potentially recoup their investment losses. These customer disputes typically involve only paper discovery and no depositions, and they are a faster and more efficient alternative to traditional court litigation, as they provide a private forum to resolve disputes more quickly and efficiently.
About Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A.
Haselkorn and Thibaut, P.A. is a nationwide law firm specializing in handling investment fraud and securities arbitration cases. The law firm has offices in Palm Beach, Florida, on Park Avenue in New York, as well as Phoenix, Arizona and Cary, North Carolina. The two founding partners have nearly 45 years of legal experience.
Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A. has filed numerous (private arbitration) customer disputes with the Financial Industry Regulatory Association (FINRA) for customers who suffered investment losses relating to issues similar to those matters mentioned above. There are typically no depositions involved, and those cases are typically handled on contingency with no recovery, no fee terms.
Experienced attorneys at Haselkorn & Thibaut, P.A. are available for a free consultation as a public service. Call today for more information at 1-800-856-3352.
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SSO Buying Guide
By Cassa Niedringhaus Posted December 17, 2019
As web applications proliferate, IT admins seek single sign-on (SSO) solutions to connect their end users to those applications securely and efficiently. This SSO buying guide examines common baseline factors admins should consider before purchasing a solution that will be a central part of their identity management operations.
What to Consider When Buying SSO
SSO solutions exist either layered on top of or integrated with an organization’s core directory, or identity provider (IdP). They introduce efficiencies not only for admins but also for end users. With SSO, end users only have to remember one password to access a web-based portal of their applications.
Although each company’s unique environment ultimately dictates the best SSO solution, a set of factors benefit most companies.
Factors to consider when selecting an SSO solution include:
Authentication via SAML
Pre-built and custom connections to SAML apps
Authentication via LDAP
Group-based control
JIT and SCIM provisioning
Pricing and testing
Let’s explore what each of these entails.
At a fundamental level, any viable SSO solution needs to support SAML authentication to applications because of its ubiquity in web applications.
SAML, or Security Assertion Markup Language, was created in the early 2000s and allows for authentication to web applications without the use of passwords. With SAML, service providers (i.e. Salesforce, GitHub, Slack, or other applications) communicate with identity providers (i.e. core directory/SSO providers) via XML certificates.
This method of authentication is more secure than entering a username and password for each application because end users don’t enter their credentials across an array of third-party websites — thereby centralizing and simplifying their login process. Admins can also add and remove application access more easily, enhancing their workflow, too.
Another key feature of an ideal SSO solution is the inclusion of pre-built and custom connections to SAML applications.
Pre-built connections reduce the setup work for admins and should include popular applications like G SuiteTM, O 365TM, or Zoom®. These connectors reduce the number of attributes admins have to fill out manually to establish a link, and they make it easier to populate user attributes in each application.
Custom connections require more setup work to connect applications to the core directory. However, they enable flexibility in connecting to most, if not all, SAML-based applications on the market or those that are homegrown. With them, admins ensure efficient and secure connections for their end users regardless of their application suite.
LDAP, or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, allows for authentication to legacy, on-prem applications, as well as more technical applications, including OpenVPN and Jenkins.
An SSO solution that authenticates via both SAML and LDAP covers a wider range of applications and provides a more comprehensive experience for admins and end users. Solutions that are SAML-only exclude legacy and technical applications to the detriment of both admins and end users.
Plus, if the solution offers LDAP-as-a-Service, admins avoid the work and maintenance of spinning up and maintaining on-prem LDAP servers and instead reap the benefits of cloud-hosted LDAP.
A worthwhile SSO solution should feature group-based access control by which IT admins can restrict or administer access to both SAML and LDAP applications by group. For example, the sales department will need a largely different set of applications than the engineering department. As such, that department would be made its own group with access permissions exclusive to it, while other departments would be managed the same way.
In some SSO solutions, admins can upload XML metadata files via PowerShell to populate connector attributes for applications — another way to streamline the process of establishing connections with applications. Examples of attributes that could be passed along include user roles and departments.
Access controls also increase security because they ensure access to each application isn’t universal across a company. They prevent cross-contamination, so to speak, which also limits the possibility of users linking or modifying information in a damaging way.
In selecting an SSO solution, IT admins should seek one that enables multi-factor authentication.
Even more than password complexity or rotation requirements, MFA guards against the majority of data breaches. Even if a bad actor steals credentials, MFA serves as an additional and powerful roadblock to protect company resources and data.
MFA is especially essential in this case because SSO enables end users to access all their applications via a single portal, and that portal should be guarded closely to balance the ease of access to applications for end users with the need for security.
Just-in-Time (JIT) and System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) provisioning allow for additional automation of IT workflows.
With JIT provisioning, the SSO provider automatically creates a user’s account in an app the first time the user attempts to log in to that app. The SSO provider knows which user attributes the app requires and pushes them to it, rather than the user or IT admin filling out the requisite forms manually.
SCIM provisioning goes further, and it automates both provisioning and deprovisioning of user accounts in applications and maintains ongoing synchronization between the core directory and the applications.
Some SSO providers supply these types of provisioning for an extra charge, while others include them for free. We’ll explore pricing further in the following section.
Another factor in determining the best SSO solution for an organization is cost. In some solutions, different features (like JIT and SCIM provisioning) add to the cost, while others take a more holistic approach. Admins should use their organization’s unique needs to guide whether an à la carte or more complete solution is the most optimal.
Additionally, admins should consider whether the solution will be layered on top of their existing on-prem directory — like Microsoft® Active Directory® (AD) — or integrated with a cloud directory service. In the case of maintaining AD, they’ll need to factor in the costs of hardware and client access licenses in addition to the cost of the SSO solution.
Some SSO solutions offer free trials, which are beneficial for testing and assessing whether the solution is the right fit.
Various analysts and review sites provide helpful comparisons between SSO solutions based not only on price but also on features such as ease of use and others.
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Another option to consider, beyond web application SSO solutions, is an identity provider that enables SSO not only for applications but also for systems, files, and networks. True Single Sign-OnTM creates a single, secure identity for access to virtually all IT resources.
Through a cloud identity provider, it’s possible for an end user to leverage one set of secure credentials to access their resources — including applications, as well as systems, networks, and more.
If you’re interested in learning more or fine-tuning your decision, check out the “Business Case for Single Sign-On” to discover the benefits that various SSO solutions provide. Feel free to give our team of experts a shout, too, if you’d like to learn more.
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Cassa is a content writer at JumpCloud with a degree in Magazine Writing from the University of Missouri. When she’s not at work, she likes to hike, ski and read.
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In 2011, Prince William marries Catherine Middleton in Westminster Abbey and a public holiday was declared across the country, the last British combat veteran of the First World War, Claude Choules, dies in Australia at 110 years old, the News of the World ceases publication due to allegations of hacking mobile phones belonging to celebrities, politicians and high-profile crime victims- it had ben in circulation for 168 years, Amy Winehouse is found dead in her London home- she was 27 yrs-old, following the death of Mark Duggan who was shot dead by police rioting takes place in London and spreads across the country, police struggle to restore order and David Cameron holds a COBRA meeting, Scottish police are sent into England to help with the riots, 3 Muslim men are run over and killed whilst trying to protect their neighbourhood, a new October high temperature record is set in the UK when it experiences unusually hot weather as it reaches 30C degrees (86F) and I remember spending the day on the beach with my baby in disbelief that we could do this in October, Welsh national football team manager Gary Speed takes his own life– he was 42, Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79, an earthquake off the coast of Japan, causes a tsunami to hit Japan and triggers a nuclear disaster, Osama Bin Laden is found and killed by US Navy Seals, in Oslo an bomb explodes and shortly afterwards Anders Behring Breivik attacks and kills people at a youth camp– in total 76 people are killed and the films Bridesmaids, The Artist, The Help, The Muppets, and the final Harry Potter film- the Deathly Hallows Part 2 are released and I turn 35 years old.
2011 for me was partly maternity leave (and me holding my baby and crying on my bed in the final days of it because I couldn’t bear to be parted from her) and after several months of returning to working, I gave up my career that I had worked so hard on for so many years (not just due to baby reasons, mainly due to health reasons), so it was quite a life changing year for many reasons. And here’s the 10 songs that soundtracked all of that. In. No. Particular. Order.
1. Born This Way by Lady Gaga
2. Better Off Without You by Summer Camp
3. Price Tag by Jessie J
4. Everything Goes My Way by Metronomy
5. Desire by Anna Calvi
6. The Lion’s Roar by First Aid Kit
7. F**ckin’ Perfect by Pink
8. Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People
9. Video Games by Lana Del Ray
10. Someone Like You by Adele (This performance of Adele’s on Jools Holland is absolutely stunning)
Gang, I’ve done you a little bonus this week. It’s not part of my Top Ten, but it was released in 2011 and is such a wonderful performance by both Amy Winehouse and Tony Bennett. When, I first watched this within the documentary film Amy, I was moved to tears. It is perfect and so very lovely.
Oooh, now which one is my favourite? Obviously, Adele and Lana’s songs are beautiful. P!nk yet again makes me cry. The Lion’s Roar made me fall in love with First Aid Kit, BUT for me it’s Anna Calvi that really sticks out this week. Come on then, tell me your favourite.
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gigglingfattie · July 27, 2018
Price Tag is definitely my favourite off of this list!
thebeasley · July 27, 2018
Yay! Such an important message too.
It really is! A close second would be Born this Way.
rachaelstray · July 27, 2018
Oh Amy had such an amazing voice what a shame 27 years old is so young! Thanks for the bonus track – it’s lush! It’s tough I thin my favourite is Someone Like You it gets me every time I hear it.
It’s so lush, isn’t it? What a duet x
mydangblog · July 27, 2018
Ah, for me it will always be Lana.
Such a stunning tune.
willowdot21 · July 27, 2018
No contest Jessie J all the way
Price Tag !!
2011 the year our youngest got married 💜
Jessie J is very popular this week. Aah, a better year for you then.
Yes though I was miffed at having to use s walking stick.. still at least it was not a wheelchair 😊💜
Ritu · July 27, 2018
Price Tag as it reminds me of my daughter singing her own lyrics as a 2year old!
Haha cute.
thatblogwherecheriemovestogermany · July 27, 2018
Pink and Lady Gaga, oh and Amy Winehouse. I LOVED Amy.
Me too. I miss her & I would love to have known what kind of music she’d be producing now if she was still alive 😔
Zoe O'Farrell · July 27, 2018
Love this! Love the bonus of Tony Bennett. What a legend! X
I know. It’s such a wonderful performance by them both. So lovely.
angelanoelauthor · July 28, 2018
I agree with you on the First Aid Kit track, it’s close to the top spot for me. But I’d say I have to go with Lady Gaga. Now more than ever that message just makes sense to me–don’t be a drag, just be a queen. Maybe I’m giving the song more meaning than Lady Gaga ever intended, but the idea of respect for oneself as the origin of respect for others seems to me to be a theme of this song. I’m not going to wear a meat dress and call it art, but I do think pushing the boundaries of what we see as beautiful to invite other types of beauty and insight into our lives–even if by the back door–has a particular kind of relevance today.
It’s such an important message. Quite a basic, simple message, but incredibly imperative. I hope everyone takes note of what Gaga was trying to say with this song. Thanks Angela x
My Mashed Up Life · July 29, 2018
Video Games for me!
Love that song so much.
Scrum_Jet · July 29, 2018
Love the Lana Del Ray and Anna Calvi, but I think First Aid Kit is my favourite.
Excellent choices.
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Shangri-La’s Le Touessrok, Mauritius
One&Only Le Saint Geran, Mauritius
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Constance Prince Maurice, Mauritius
Constance Belle Mare Plage, Mauritius
The average flight time to Mauritius is between 12 and 13 hours.
Time in Mauritius
Mauritius’ timezone is GMT+4
When to go to Mauritius
As a tropical island, the beaches of Mauritius are one of the major draws for visitors. This means picking the right time to visit is important. With the wet season between December and April, these months also see the hottest temperatures. Try planning to visit on the cusp of the dry season in May and November for sunnier days with warm temperatures.
Mauritius is a mixture of exotic cultures and as such has many festivals throughout the year including:
Jan/Feb: Thaipoosam Cavadee
Feb/Mar: Maha Shivaratri and Holi Festival
Aug/Sep: Ganesh Chaturthi
Oct: Diwali
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For full information on entry requirements please visit the FCO Travel Advice or contact your relevant embassy.
Although tipping is not considered mandatory in Mauritius, small gratuities will definitely be appreciated. When dining out a service charge is sometimes included, however you are free to tip the waiter according to how you feel the service was.
What power plugs and sockets are used in Mauritius?
In Mauritius the power plugs and sockets are either the same as a standard UK three pin plug (type G) or a two round pin plug (type C). 230V / 50Hz.
The official language of Mauritius is considered to be Mauritian Creole. English is widely spoken too, so getting by is easy.
Please contact your GP for up to date immunisation requirements.
What's the food like in Mauritius?
With a mainly Creole population, and centuries of influences and access to spices from shipping routes, the food in Mauritius is unique and exciting. Distinct curries and fresh seafood feature in Mauritius restaurants, while more international dining options can be found when on an all inclusive Mauritius holiday.
Mauritius enjoys a largely tropical climate, though the humid hot conditions are moderated by the southeast trade winds that blow across the region. The island lies within the south tropical belt and due to it being an island the tropical climate verges on maritime with temperatures seeing relatively small seasonal and diurnal variations.
The hottest months of December through April are also the wettest with the monsoon season peaking in January and February. Although largely wet, this offseason still enjoys almost the same amount of sunshine per day on average as the rest of the year.
Pamplemousses Botanical Gardens Without doubt one of the most visited attractions in Mauritius. Designed over 300 years ago by the famous French botanist Pierre Poivre, the garden is the oldest of its type in the Southern Hemisphere and boasts a huge display of indigenous plants.
Count yourself extremely fortunate if you happen to see the Talipot Palm, which blooms once every 30 to 80 years! There are also the spectacular water lilies, giant tortoises, Java Deer. We Love... World class sea fishing. The Marlin World Cup is held off the Mauritius island every year in February-March, but you don't need to be an expert to try your had at deep sea fishing.
There are many species of huge fishes in the area, including lack and blue marlin, yellow tuna, various barracuda and sharks.
Almost all of the hotels will have fishing boats to hire for an experience of a lifetime! Ask for more details. We love... The Caudan Waterfront The Caudan Waterfront in Port Louis is a great place to while away some time getting to see the locals and enjoying island food. It also has a great shopping centre to keep most shopaholics busy.
Brush up on your historical knowledge of the island by visiting the Blue Penny Museum, The Stamp Museum, and the Mauritius Natural History Museum.
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OUR PICK OF MAURITIUS HOTELS
Our pick of the top hotels in Mauritius
Constance Price Maurice
Its tropical gardens consist of rare and luxuriant vegetation and the calm turquoise lagoon blends perfectly with the fresh green hinterland and the secluded beaches of brilliant white sand.
Sugar Beach Resort & Spa
Imposing and impressive, the elegant five-star Sugar Beach unfurls along the sun-drenched, sheltered bay of Flic-en-Flac. This plantation-style resort masterfully balances old-world opulence with modern comforts and offers panoramic views of the sunset over the ocean.
Brilliant blue sky, sparkling turquoise sea, verdant landscapes and gentle ocean breezes. Surrender your senses to the beauty of Bel Ombre at one of Mauritius’ most exquisite beachfront resorts.
Mauritius Excursions
With such a vibrant culture and amazing landscapes, make sure to explore more of the island than just the beach. Car hire in Mauritius is an effective way to see many sights in your own time, while the country is also famous for its activities. Golf courses in Mauritius are world class, and all inclusive holidays in Mauritius often offer guests the opportunity for diving and other water sports.
Where to Stay in Mauritius
Luxury hotels in Mauritius can be found throughout the coastal areas of the island with Belle Mare and Long Beach in the east, Le Morne in the southwest, and Grand Baie in the north popular locations. Some of the world’s best resorts, perfect for a Mauritius honeymoon, can also be found in Flic en Flac, Bel Ombre, La Plage and Turtle Bay.
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Bond University Research Fellow Dr Amanda McCullough was announced as the recipient of the Emerging Health Researcher Award for 2017, at an awards breakfast in Sydney on Friday, 20 March.
The $25,000 prize will go towards furthering Dr McCullough’s research career, and help drive her crucial work that aims to stop the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria by reducing antibiotic prescription among general practitioners (GPs).
Annette Schmiede, Bupa Health Foundation Executive Leader said that the potential impact of Dr McCullough’s work was huge.
“Dr McCullough’s contribution in this area of research could be far reaching, and help us address a global health challenge. Ultimately, finding strategies to overcome antibiotic resistance can save lives – in Australia and around the world.”
Antibiotic resistance happens when bacteria can resist being killed by antibiotics – medications that are used to help the body fight off bacterial infection.
“By 2050, around 10 million people each year could be dying because of antibiotic resistance” said Dr McCullough.
The more antibiotics are used unnecessarily, the faster the world will be overcome by bacteria that no longer responds to our medicines.
Her research has shown that Australian GPs prescribe nearly 6 million antibiotics annually, which Dr McCullough has demonstrated is 4 to 9 times higher than what is recommended by Australian guidelines.
As part of her research, Dr McCullough has been reviewing the evidence on why GPs and members of the public use antibiotics, and how this could be reduced for common conditions such as coughs, colds, flus and ear infections.
To help change prescribing behaviour, she is also involving a psychologist in her work.
“It’s different to what’s often done in these things. So, I guess that is where my work is quite different in that I’ve set the benchmark, and now I’m trying to close the gap.”
Dr Chris Del Mar, Professor of Public Health at Bond University, nominated Dr McCullough for a Bupa Health Foundation Emerging Health Researcher Award in recognition of her driving ambition, hard focus and potential.
Professor Del Mar said the importance of Dr McCullough’s research lies in the seriousness of antibiotic resistance, and the potential harm it could cause people all around the world.
“If we can’t be sure that antibiotic cover is effective then all of our lifesaving treatments- hip replacements, chemotherapy for cancer, stents in the heart – will be too dangerous to do. Medicine will be retreating back to the 1930s,” said Professor Del Mar.
The prize money from this prestigious award will allow Dr McCullough to expand her work to change antibiotic prescribing practices nationally.
“To my mind, there is actually no point of doing research if you can’t get it into practise so that it improves health. So, that’s really my driving force, I guess,” adds Dr McCullough.
“The Bupa Health Foundation is proud to recognise the work of early career researchers who are not only doing important research, but are also focused on translating the results to ensure improvement in the wellbeing of the community”, said Ms Schmiede.
In addition to Dr McCullough, five additional outstanding health researchers have been acknowledged as finalists and have been awarded $5,000 to continue their research that is driving changes in health policy and practice in Australia.
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October 8, 2010 October 21, 2011 Michael S. Moore
Review: Game of Death (1978)
Starring Bruce Lee, Dan Inosanto, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,
Robert Wall, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Kim Tai Jong, James Tien
Fight Choreography for Bruce Lee’s fights by Bruce Lee
Fight Choreography for everyone else by Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao
Directed by Robert Clouse
Let’s get one thing cleared up first: Game of Death is not Bruce Lee’s last film. That moniker belongs to Enter the Dragon, and to that film alone. Game of Death could be best described as a compilation/tribute/b-sides album. The film compiles memorable scenes from Bruce’s earlier films, new scenes shot by a bunch of fake Bruces (Yuen Biao being one of them) and the final fights that feature the actual Bruce Lee.
Was it a good tribute to Bruce? In a small way.
Was it a grab for more cash after the success of Enter the Dragon? Hell yes.
Bruce Lee–or actually his body doubles–stars as Billy Lo, a martial arts film star who is filming a scene with Chuck Norris (archived scenes from Way of the Dragon) when a light from above crashes on the ground near him, stopping production. During these scenes you see Bruce from behind only, and I just knew this was gonna be a long film. I almost died laughing when they would show Bruce speaking to different people from behind, and then Bruce’s reaction shots would be clipped scenes from his other films. Anyway, some douchy fight promotor who works for some shadowy company called the Syndicate wants Billy to fight in the ring, and Billy slaps the guy away. Shit, the real Bruce would’ve slapped the guy through the door. During this scene they had the audacity to actually superimpose a cut out of Bruce’s head on the actor’s body!
Anyway, we then cut to the Meeting of Evil Villians, where the same douchy promotor and his lackeys played by Robert Wall (what’s the deal with him being Bruce’s bitch?) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar decide to beat Billy into signing the contract. Billy goes out to dinner that night with his girlfriend played by Colleen Camp, when he gets ambushed by some of douchy’s men. This first fight of Fake Bruce is exactly what you would expect-badly shot scenes of a guy trying to pretend to be Bruce, but isn’t even close.
This brings me to what would be common theme in this film until you get near the end: Billy gets his ass kicked. A lot. WTF?! Okay, I can accept a lot of things, but the sight of a couple of hired thugs beating up someone who is supposed to be BRUCE LEE just kills me. I’m surprised Bruce not only didn’t roll around in his grave at this, but didn’t outright punch his way back to the land of the living so he could smack Robert Clouse around for a second, telling him what the hell, man?! There is not one scene, in any of Bruce’s films, where anyone—and I mean no one—kicks his ass. Yeah, some guys get their shots in, but Bruce NEVER LOSES. It’s not boring, that’s just Bruce. He doesn’t lose. And who would be equal to him for him to lose to? Nobody, that’s who. And yet in several fight scenes with Fake Bruce, he gets his ass owned by everyone, hell even Robert Wall. He punches and kicks these thugs, and they get right back up. If Real Bruce hits them, they ain’t gettin’ back up.
Before long Billy is shot on the set of his film, but isn’t killed, and with the help of an old friend stages what has to be the absolute worst scene ever filmed, lacking in any amount of taste whatsoever. Any respect I might’ve had for Robert Clouse died right at this moment. Billy fakes his own death, and the funeral scenes were ACTUAL FOOTAGE OF BRUCE’S FUNERAL. That takes some balls, but holy shit that was a dung pile of bad decision making to allow it into a fictional film.
Not long afterward I was able to briefly set aside my disdain by watching a fight between Robert Wall and Sammo Hung, which was actually well done—no where near Sammo’s normal quality—but well done nevertheless. It allowed Sammo to show off some fancy moves before Robert Wall kicks his ass, and then in turn gets his ass killed by Fake Bruce following this fight. I’ll say this for Mr. Wall, he always looks great getting his ass kicked.
Soon Billy’s girlfriend is kidnapped by Douchy, and Billy frees her and goes after Douchy and his boys, and here is where Real Bruce returns for the final fights between himself and Dan Inosanto, nunchuck to nunchuck, a fight with another karate master, and the crowning moment, the fight between Bruce and his real life student NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Each fight is great in it’s own way, and the fight with Kareem is fantastic, a study of fighting while facing a great size disadvantage (it could be argued both ways) and Kareem does a great job here.
After that we go back to Fake Bruce and he has to fight Douchy, in a fight that tries to make Douchy feel like a threat, but his isn’t, and is weakly killed and the film thankfully ends. This is really a horrid film, but I get what they wanted to do. They tried to honor the memory of Bruce and to make sure that audiences would feel that absence would make the heart grow fonder, and at least in this film, it succeeds.
(On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best)
CHOREOGRAPHY: (4) Sammo tried his best to choreograph fights the way Bruce would’ve, but without the secret ingredient of Bruce, none of it works. Sammo’s fight with Robert Wall was the best non-real Bruce Lee fight in the entire film.
BRUCE’S CHOREOGRAHY: (8) For what there was, was terrific. The fight with Kareem was a classic. The last we would ever get from Bruce.
STUNTS: (3) Not much here. Some good acrobatic here and there, but that’s about it.
STAR POWER: (8) There really was a lot of star power from the martial arts world here. Too bad that power was used in this film.
FINAL GRADE: (4) Only the Bruce fights, because they are classic, keeps this film from getting a lower grade that this. Unfortunately the success of this film would spawn the legion of fake Bruces to follow, and an insipid sequel.
Dan Inosanto
James Tien
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Yuen Biao
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Uncle Jasper says:
Just want to echo your sentiments here. I’ve always had a strange affinity for Bruceploitation films and the Bruce Lee clones behind them. To me, Game of Death should be regarded as one of those. This film is no more a Bruce Lee film than Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave was.
With that said, I do understand what this film was intended to be, and if it ever had come to fruition it would have been, without a doubt, Bruce’s most personal work. You may already be familiar with the Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey documentary, but if not, I highly recommend it. Not only does it restore the final fight sequences to their full glory, but it also does a good job shedding light on what the film was originally intended to be, both in style and philosophy.
Great review, been reading your blog for a while now and love it.
I have heard of that film but not had a chance to watch it yet. I’m curious to learn more about the original idea for the film, not the horrid story Clouse and his crew rolled out. I’ll give it a looksie.
MikeOutWest says:
Never seen Game of Death, primarily because here in the UK it’s always been cut (scenes with nunchucks or shuriken used to get butchered by the censors).
Looking forward to hearing your comments on Enter the Dragon.
Hey Guess what! Finally got round to watching Game of Death – it was on the SyFy channel the other night. For the most part it seemed like a horrible parody, with the reaction shots edited in from other films. The Bob Wall/Sammo fight was pretty good – I was glad it wasn’t some one-sided affair and you really didn’t know who was going to win until the final few seconds. I’d have given the film an extra half mark for the stunts, there were some good motorbike stunts towards the end of fake-bruce’s scenes. Of real Bruce’s end scenes, I was disappointed with the rubbish karate master. Karate tends to get a bad rap in movies ans is often portrayed as an impractical fighting style. Here the guy was just so stiff and awkward, it was embarrassing.
Yep, so many films not made in Japan portray Karate to be not very good, but of course that’s incorrect, but the best Karate movies come out of Japan anyway. China, and America to a lesser extent, don’t really give Karate the respect they should. A great Karate film I can recommend if you haven’t seen it already is Black Belt, made a few years ago. That film features the real thing. If anyone in the film has a Black Belt, it’s because in real life they are. It gets clunky toward the end, but for the most part is very good. I’ll be getting to it in the next couple of months. I’ve been a bit lax with reviewing karate films, mostly due to what I’ve been getting, but I’ll be rectifying that soon. It’s about time for Sonny Chiba to show up in these reviews…
We are so on the same wavelength Mike. Black Belt is a cool movie and is the first I’ve ever seen which shows just how deadly and quick karate can be. One of the students kills a soldier with a simple stomach-level punch! It’s a pity that the final confrontation devolves into a muddy grappling match. The rest is gold. I too need to delve into Sonny Chiba’s past movies – I still haven’t seen the Streetfighter films. I used to study Kyokoshinkai and would like to see the Mas Oyama films he did too.
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No Substitute for Maturity By Carolyn J. Rose: Review/Interview/Giveaway
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This week we have a review of a fun mystery series about a substitute teacher written by Carolyn J. Rose and a fun interview with Carolyn. Details at the end of this post on how to win a copy of the book.
No Substitute for Maturity (Subbing Isn’t For Sissies) By Carolyn J. Rose
Review by Pat Browning
Barbara Reed, substitute teacher at Captain Merriweather High School in Reckless River, Washington, is not having a good day, and that’s even before the school bell rings. Opening lines:
“You may not realize you’re carrying a backpack loaded with beliefs or a tote bag crammed with foregone conclusions, until your baggage collides with that of another … And mine was slamming into Dave Martin’s as he moved into the condo now known as “ours.”
Fortunately, Barbara and Dave Martin, the hunky drug cop at Reckless River PD, aren’t married. Otherwise it might be a short distance between “I do” and “I don’t.”
Other featured characters are:
**Iz, the man-hating sister you just want to slap;
**Paulette, Iz’s new best friend, an expert in water aerobics and feng shui. She enlists Iz in her pet project, building new homes for abused women;
**Cheese Puff, Barbara’s tiny dog with the big ego and his own fan club;
**Muriel Ballantine (aka Mrs. B), the retired Las Vegas show girl who may or may not have been married to a mobster;
**Jake, Barbara’s worthless ex-husband, out of jail due to overcrowding.
Life is one crisis after another, with a murder and attempted murders, but, unlike the first two books in the series, the emphasis is on relationships, not on skullduggery at the high school. Relationships come into focus with the firebombing of a project house. The house occupants, Denise and her small children, narrowly escape death.
Denise’s vengeful husband is hauled in for questioning but released for lack of evidence. Iz immediately organizes a protest rally on the courthouse lawn. The story takes off at a gallop from there. The author works out all the kinks and complications with high humor.
One of the funniest story threads in the book involves Barbara’s ex-husband Jake. He charms his way into a job as handyman at her condo complex, where everything he touches turns to you-know-what. To say more about his comeuppance would be a spoiler.
The only characters not upset by the sturm und drang around them are Muriel Ballantine, who’s working up a tap dance routine for her feature on a TV reality show, and Cheese Puff who trots next door to bask in Mrs. B’s adoration every chance he gets.
I almost lost it when Mrs. B outfits Cheese Puff in a tuxedo and top hat and smuggles him into a school play. He fits in her tote bag, which she thoughtfully lines with blue ice, so Cheese Puff stays cool while everyone else swelters.
Muriel Ballantine has “pearl power.” If she’s wearing her single strand of pearls, pay close attention. If she’s wearing her double strand, don’t bother to argue with her. Backed by an endless supply of money, she gives help where needed and rearranges circumstances to make them more satisfactory for everyone concerned.
Mrs. Ballantine is, in short, the kind of fairy godmother we could all use. On a dark day, when everything seems to go wrong, how nice it would be to hear Mrs. Ballantine say, “This situation will be dealt with.”
Interview with Carolyn J. Rose
KRL: You co-author books with your husband, Mike Nettleton, as well as on your own. Can you give us a rundown of series you do alone and those you do with Mike?
Carolyn: Together we wrote the two-book Devil’s Harbor series (Death at Devil’s Harbor and Deception at Devil’s Harbor) and the two-book tie-dyed detective series (The Hard Karma Shuffle and The Crushed Velvet Miasma).
On my own I wrote a three-book TV news series (now out of print and going to stay that way because TV technology has changed and the books are dated), the two-book Kate Dalton series (An Uncertain Refuge and Sea of Regret), the three-book Subbing Isn’t for Sissies series (No Substitute for Murder, No Substitute for Money, and No Substitute for Maturity), and the two-book Catskill Mountains Mysteries (Hemlock Lake, and Through a Yellow Wood).
My plans for the future are to write a third in the Catskill Mountains series and then continue the subbing series with three or more books. The mysteries set in the Catskills tend to be darker and more violent, and the subbing books are far lighter and more fun, so alternating series will give me some balance.
Mike has gotten interested in writing screenplays and is very involved in community theater productions. I have several solo projects in mind for the future, so I doubt we’ll co-author other books. But, never say never.
KRL: Both you and Mike Nettleton have successful careers in communications and show biz. What prompted your decision to establish your own publishing imprint or company?
Carolyn and her husband and co-author Mike Nettleton
Carolyn: It was less of a decision than a slow shift. We were with several small presses and one mid-size press but, as I’m sure most writers are aware, it was up to us to do the heavy promotional lifting, and foot most of the bills for what that involved.
In 2010, when I realized my contract with Five Star didn’t include electronic rights, I put Hemlock Lake up on Kindle and Nook on my own. Sales were slow but steady, and the process was so simple that, when I grew weary of trying to find a publisher interested in An Uncertain Refuge, I self-published that book and then a stand-alone, A Place of Forgetting. Sales were strong, so from there it was a natural progression. As publishers’ rights expired, we revised those books and put them out ourselves.
We just finished revising the last of them (The Crushed Velvet Miasma) and I’m looking forward to being able to put more energy into new projects.
KRL: Where did you get the idea for your series about substitute teachers?
Carolyn: That’s a no-brainer. When I decided I didn’t have the energy or commitment to continue as a TV news producer, I turned to subbing to pay for my writing habit. I sub in high school, so it’s not always a walk in the park, but a little challenge is a good thing. And it’s almost always amusing and rewarding to spend time with teens and get an education in pop culture and the world view of those who haven’t reached voting age.
KRL: You don’t have children or grandchildren but your teenaged characters are spot on. Where does that come from?
Carolyn: The prime source is my subbing job. I keep my eyes and ears open on the days I’m filling in at local high schools. (And let me add here that if you’re not on full alert as a substitute teacher, you’re either way better at it than I am, or you’re missing a lot.)
Mike and I also tutor a 13-year-old neighbor who fills us in on events in middle school. He also allows us to take him to movies and explains things we might not otherwise get. And I kept a journal from the time I was twelve, so I can go back and look at my own thoughts and dreams and hopes and fears. Lots of things have changed in half a century, but many core human needs and wants are constant. If you dressed my teen self in today’s styles and dropped her a high school, she’d fit right in.
KRL: Have you ever known a dog like Cheese :Puff? If not, where did that character come from?
Carolyn: We have two small dogs, a mixed breed (Yorkie/Miniature Schnauzer) and a purebred Maltese. They both have definite ideas about our roles in their lives and provide plenty of fodder for Cheese Puff’s character.
I always wanted a small dog, but Mike fought the idea until 1992 when I had a horrible reaction to a medication and they thought my liver would flame out. I drama-queened the incident until he promised that we’d get a small dog when all the two medium-sized dogs we had went to that big doggie playground in the sky. They lived long and healthy lives and it wasn’t until 2000 that I spotted Bubba as a Humane Society pet of the week. Our vet warned us that small dogs rise every day with the intention of bending their owners to their will, and I used that to create Cheese Puff and his sense of entitlement.
KRL: Do you plan your plots and/or outline before you start writing?
Carolyn: Whenever I have an idea for an incident or character or motive, I scribble it on an index card. No idea is too off-the-wall or over-the-top. When I’m preparing to write a book, I lay the cards out on the long wing of my desk and move them around until I have the threads for at least half of the book and the marker cards for the beginning and the end.
If a card doesn’t fit, I set it aside. It might work for the next book or the one after that. It might be fodder for a blog. I like the feel of the cards, and I like to get able to turn from my computer and see the progression of the story. It’s also nice to get my eyes away from the screen for a bit.
KRL: What area of No Substitute books challenges you the most?
Carolyn: Making sure I have enough different settings is a challenge. But a bigger challenge will be dealing with Cabot Cove Syndrome as the series progresses. My fictional town of Reckless River, Washington, isn’t a metropolis, so how many people can I kill off before readers start shaking their heads in disbelief? I may have to send Barb out of town.
KRL: What book are you planning/ next for this series?
Carolyn: I’m going to write the third book in the Hemlock Lake series (tentatively titled The Devil’s Tombstone) this spring, but in the fall I’ll start on the fourth Substitute book and it’s possible that Bigfoot could put in an appearance. On the other hand, when I lay out the index cards and take a look at the ideas I’ve scrawled on them, I may find that Bigfoot will have to wait for the fifth book.
To enter to win a copy of No Substitute for Maturity, simply email KRL at krlcontests @gmail [dot] com by replacing the [dot] with a period, and with the subject line “Substitute” or comment on this article. A winner will be chosen March 29, 2014. U.S. residents only.
Check out other mystery articles, reviews, book giveaways, and mystery short stories, including another St. Patrick’s Day related mystery, in our mystery section.
An award-winning newspaper reporter, Pat Browning set her first mystery, Full Circle, in a fictional version of Hanford. It was revised and reissued as Absinthe of Murder by Krill Press in 2008. The second book in the series, a work in progress, takes place mainly in a fictional version of Hanford’s China Alley.
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1 Carolyn J. Rose March 22, 2014 at 9:00am
Pat, thanks for the interview. And more thanks for “bringing me” to Kings River Life.
2 Alice Duncan March 22, 2014 at 9:07am
Fun interview! Thanks to Pat’s reviews, I’ve enjoyed both No Substitute books, and Hard Karma Shuffle, and I’m enjoying the heck out of Crushed Velvet Miasma. Keep it up, Carolyn and Mike!
3 Mike Lundergan March 22, 2014 at 11:06am
I really appreciated your interview. I have read and followed Carolyn J Rose from almost the beginning of her writing career. The first book that got me hooked was The Hard Karma Shuffle and I haven’t stopped reading her books since. All of the books are wonderful, all for different reasons, but the ones I really loved are Hemlock Lake, Through a Yellow Wood, Hard Karma Shuffle, A Place of Forgetting, damn, I guess I love all her books. If you have never read one of her books, really, do try one and I feel you will also be hooked. I am just happy to see that she is beginning to get the recognition she deserves as an author. I thank you so much for the interview as I like to know the how she develops some of her ideas. Keep up the good work and, again, thanks for a great interview.
4 bn100 March 22, 2014 at 12:57pm
Informative interview
5 Mike Nettleton March 22, 2014 at 1:27pm
Just took a moment off from working on a screenplay to read m’lady’s interview. Like everyone else who’s read the “Substitute” series, I can’t wait to read the next one. They’re big fun.
6 Judy March 24, 2014 at 12:29pm
Great interview. Makes me want to know this author better and definitely win this read. Thanks.
7 sara hyman March 28, 2014 at 9:56pm
I am always looking for authors I am not familiar with. I would love to try this book
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Ong vs Republic of the Philippines (land titles)
August 17, 2018 | Author: Chem Mae | Category: Title (Property), Adverse Possession, Ownership, Courts, Constitutional Law
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Ong vs. Republic (Case Digest) FACTS: FACTS: July 1, 1999 – 1999 – petitioner petitioner Charles Ong, in behalf of his brothers, filed for an application of Registration of Title over Lot 15911. Ong alleged that his brothers and him are the co-owners of the land, which w hich they purchase from the spouses Tony Bautista and Alicia Villamil. And they and their predecessor-in-interest predecessor-in-interest have have been in open, continuous continuous and peaceful possession of the lot in the concept of owners for more than 30 years. ye ars.
Only respondent Republic of the Philippines, represented by the OSG, opposed the application for registration. Respondent contends that: Neither the applicants nor their predecessor-in-interest have been in open, continuous, exclusive and notorious possession and occupation of the lot since June 12, 1945 or earlier.
The trial court favored Petitioner Ong and declared the land in the name of the applicant. Respondent appealed before the Court of Appeals and the appellate court reversed the trial court’s court’s ruling. ISSUE: ISSUE: Whether or not petitioner, together with his brothers, have registrable ownership over the real property subject matter? RULING: RULING: The Supreme Court held in this case that although there is no question that the land is alienable and disposable. Possession alone is not sufficient to acquire title to alienable lands of the public domain d omain because the law requires possession and occupation . Section 14(1) of P.D. 1529 ("Property Registration Decree"), as amended, provides — SEC. 14. Who may apply? – apply? –The The following persons may file in the proper Court of First Instance an application for registration of title to land, whether personally or through their duly authorized representatives: (1) Those who by themselves or through their predecessors-in-interest have been in open, continuous, exclusive and notorious possession and occupation of alienable and disposable lands of the public domain under a bona fide claim of ownership since June 12, 1945, or earlier.
Taken together with the words open, continuous, exclusive and notorious, the word occupation serves to highlight the fact that for an applicant to qualify, his possession must not be a mere fiction.
Actual possession of a land consists in the manifestation of acts of dominion over it of such a nature as a party would naturally exercise over his own property.
Petitioner admitted that after he and his brothers bought the subject lot from spouses Tony Bautista and Alicia Villamil in 1998, neither he nor his brothers actually occupied the subject lot. No improvements were made thereon and the most that they did was to visit the lot on several occasions. The burden of proof in land registration cases rests on the applicant who must show by clear, positive and convincing evidence that his alleged possession and occupation of the land is of the nature and duration required by law. Unfortunately, petitioner’s evidence do not constitute the "well-nigh incontrovertible" evidence necessary in cases of this nature. The Court of Appeals did not err in reversing the Decision of the trial court and in denying his application for registration of title over the subject lot.
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"If you just hear people that think like you do, you’re going to end up foolish" – Cass Sunstein
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"Those who dance are considered insane by those who can’t hear the music." – philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
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Vietnam Film Institute receives valuable documentaries from Netherlands
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The Vietnam Film Institute in Hanoi held a ceremony on October 19 to receive valuable documentaries from the Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam and the European Foundation Joris Ivens.
Attending the event were representatives of the Dutch Embassy, of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam, the director of the VFI , the director of the MCNV and the representative of the Ivens Foundation
The Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam presented 29 documentary films that were made by foreign filmmakers in Vietnam in 1970s.
The Joris Ivens Archives Institute gave four films, 2,000 pages of documents and 140 photographs and banners which were made by Dutch film producer Joris Ivens from 1965-1968.
One of the most valuable is film stills from “Meeting with President Ho Chi Minh” that is the last foreign film recording of President Ho Chi Minh.
Joris Ivens was a Dutch documentary filmmaker. Among the notable films he directed or co-directed are A Tale of the Wind, The Spanish Earth, Rain, ...A Valparaiso, Misère au Borinage (Borinage), 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, The Seine Meets Paris, Far from Vietnam, Pour le Mistral and How Yukong Moved the Mountains.
From 1965 to 1970 he filmed two propaganda films about North Vietnam during the war, 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple (17th Parallel: Vietnam in War )and he participated in the collective work Loin du Vietnam (Far from Vietnam). He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for the year 1967.
By MAI AN – Translated by Kim Khanh
Vietnam Film Institute valuable documentariesNetherlands Medical Committee Netherlands-Vietnam the European Foundation Joris Ivens17th Parallel: Vietnam in War Dutch documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens
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Subway’s Jared Caught On Tape. FBI Watched
Jessica Cambridge
The child pornography case of Subway’s former spokesman, Jared Fogle, has now taken another disturbing twist.
In August, the news and Internet were plastered with images of the Subway celebrity walking out of his home and being charged with pedophilia and child pornography.
Fogle pleaded guilty to having sex with two individuals– but there were a lot more. The plea deal he signed will keep him in prison for the next 5 to 12.5 years and he is forced to pay $1.4 million to the victims’ families.
That is the part of the story we have known for some time. Now we are learning that former journalist Rochelle Herman-Walrond befriended Fogle with the intent to record his conversations in order to expose what she thought was happening.
It didn’t take long for her to realize that her worst thoughts were true. Jared enjoyed being with young boys and girls sexually. He even traveled internationally to feed his sick desires. Often visiting Thailand.
The recent release of the recordings span over 5 years as Rochelle worked with the FBI to collect evidence to use against Jared. During that time, Rochelle recorded every conversation– and Fogle got more and more brazen as the years went by.
The recordings are shocking and horrifying. Almost equally as disturbing is the fact that the FBI did nothing for years, despite a large amount of evidence against Fogle.
The tapes were solid proof that Jared was committing crimes and was very disturbed. So why did it take over 5 years to arrest him?
Rochelle asked the same question to the FBI and they told her it took time to build a case. In the meantime, there were potentially another 12 children abused while the FBI was building the case.
This is a sick story, and Jared should spend many decades in jail, but what about the kids that were abused while the FBI was building its case for five years!? When does the FBI have the moral responsibility to stop a crime in progress even if it hampers the overall case? Apparently that didn’t happen this time, but the good news is that Jared is finally in jail– and will be for at least 5 years.
Thankfully people like Rochelle are willing to put themselves in danger to try and stop evil in this world. It just should not have taken so long.
What Is Wrong With The FBI
FBI Losing Track of Foreign Criminal Informants It Brings Into U.S.
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Are Your Tires Ready For Those Hot Roads?
Summer is months of punishment on your tires.* Keeping an eye on them helps keep your family safe on all those upcoming road trips and weekend outings.
*(Road trips, taking the dog to the lake--that third back-and-forth trip to the grocery store on a searing roadway.)
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“A visual inspection identifies any wear problems,” according to the U.S. Tire Manufacturer's Association, a trade group that represents the tire industry. “Experts can also check for leaks and make sure the tire is properly balanced. An inspection will determine what’s routine wear and what is a problem that needs to be addressed.”
Road debris is a year-round concern, especially in areas hit by harsh winter storms. That’s typically magnified during summer with more vehicles on the highway and maintenance crews routinely at work.
Perhaps you hit a curb or ran over a rock. A bulge that appears on any part of the tire indicates permanent damage and could cause a blowout.
Maintaining recommended air pressure benefits tires.
An underinflated tire also reduces fuel efficiency and can cause a blowout if the vehicle is riding on the sidewall. Yet, the problem often goes unchecked because tires may look fine.
The onset of cold weather often leads to underinflation. The effects may take a little while to show up but eventually you may see uneven wear across the tread.
The U.S. Tire Manufacturer's Association asks the following questions to help drivers prevent tire problems this summer:
Does your steering wheel vibrate during acceleration? The culprit may be an improperly balanced tire and leads to abnormal tire wear.
Are you getting fewer miles per gallon? Check your tires for underinflation.
Did you notice a bulge in the sidewall? Your tire has permanent damage and needs to be replaced before it blows out.
Did your vehicle hit any potholes or curbs at high speed? Have a certified auto technician remove the tire and inspect for damage on the inside lining.
Are you adding air to one tire more than the others? Could be a puncture causing a slow leak that could cause you to get stranded away from home.
Do your tires have a small amount of tread or bald spots? Insufficient tread prevents your vehicle from stopping properly.
Have you checked out your spare tire recently? A survey by the Rubber Manufacturer’s Association found two-thirds of drivers fail to check the condition of their spare tire.
Final word: Tires are engineered to handle a lot of stress as long as they are maintained properly. Once the integrity of components is damaged, tires ultimately will come apart.
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Marie Scheinschany Immigration Record
This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on August 29, 1913 by Acting Commissioner Byron Hall and sent to Aziz Abdo of 356 Elm St., Lawrence, MA. It certifies that Marie Scheinschany arrived in the United States on November 21, 1912 aboard the S.S. Oceana on the Austro-American Line (Manifest no. 37-6). It says she is illiterate, lists her age as 16, her occupation as seamstress, and her destination as Lawrence, Massachusetts, to join her mother.
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Lies, the Bethlehem Doctrine, and the Illegal Murder of Soleimani
قیامِ پاکستان سے پہلے پنجاب اور پختون خواہ میں فرقہ وارانہ تشدد – حمزہ ابراہیم
#MeToo: Twitterati are alleging Dawn CEO, Hameed Haroon as Pakistani filmmaker Jami Mehmood’s Rapist & Excuse us while we vomit
ایک لاکھ شامی کرد بے گھر ہوگئے- عامر حسینی
نوآبادیاتی تاریخ کا ایک پنّا: کولکتہ شہر سے طوائفوں کی بڑی ہجرت کیوں ہوئی؟ – دیورسی گوش
A tale of two cities: What made Calcutta’s sex workers escape to a French colony in 19th century
Instead of blindly following Saudi Arabia, use scientific method for moon-sighting
Abdul Nishapuri
Can we put a stop to the self-created Deobandi-Barelvi, Shia-Sunni, Pashtun-Punjabi conflict in the name of moon-sighting in Pakistan, UK, USA and other countries?
Can we put a stop to the Saudi-ization of Eid and Ramazan in Pakistan and elsewhere? Why can’t Muslims in Pakistan and other countries use modern technology to ascertain the visibility of crescent with naked eye or with telescope.
Why do Muslims in USA, UK, Australia and other countries start their Ramzan based on Saudi moon calendar but keep their fasts based on local sun schedule?
A good example is the UK’s Royal Observatory. http://blogs.rmg.co.uk/rog/2013/07/01/dates-of-ramadan-2013/
Dates of Ramadan 2013: Here are the times for the first sighting and setting of the crescent moon for Ramadan 2013 in the UK, according to data supplied by the HM Nautical Almanac Office. Ramadan Mubarak!
*NB times are BST not GMT, and may not correspond exactly with the official (religious) sighting of the crescent moon. For many, the fast begins on Monday 8 July 2013 e.g. see Ramadan Timetable – London.
The dates of Ramadan and other Islamic months depend on the sighting of the new crescent Moon.
Information on the visibility of the Moon from anywhere in the world is available from HM Nautical Almanac Office’s Websurf facilty:
accept the conditions of use (Websurf homepage)
select the ‘Moon-Viz’ link
choose or search for a place
select a date range
The visibility information (time) is in the ‘BEST TIME’ column; Moon set time is in the ‘Moon set’ column. NB add +1 hour for BST. http://blogs.rmg.co.uk/rog/2013/07/01/dates-of-ramadan-2013/
Quibbling over the moon
Dawn Editorial (Sunday, 20 Sep, 2009)
EVEN four decades after man landed on the moon, this celestial body has not failed to stir controversy in the Muslim world. In Pakistan it acquires an intensity beyond comprehension. With Islamic religious festivals linked to the lunar calendar and no consensus on the criteria to be adopted in determining the start of a new month, confusion reigns supreme on the occasion of Eid and Ramazan. This year matters have reached new extremes. NWFP`s local and zonal Ruet-i-Hilal committees have decided to strike out on their own to meet on Saturday — a day before the central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee is to convene — to give a ruling on the sighting of the Shawwal moon. A proposal that Pakistan should follow Saudi Arabia so that the entire Muslim world observes Eid on the same day has also received a nod of approval from the provincial government.
Conventionally, the physical visibility of the new moon has been used to chalk out the lunar calendar. But given the growth in technology this is not enough to ensure uniformity of the calendar because many astronomical factors — the age of the moon, its angle and altitude above the horizon as well as weather conditions, the height and location of the place where the `moonsighter` is positioned — determine the crescent`s visibility. Since the idea of different parts of the country observing Eid on different days is not an attractive one, and quite understandably so, it is time we agreed on a single principle to determine the lunar calendar. Some have found a solution by following Saudi Arabia`s lead (as is the case for Haj) to create a sense of unity and brotherhood in the Muslim world. Others have laid down clear guidelines for the sighting of the new moon. Whatever we choose must have the weight of national consensus behind it.
ملک میں دو عیدیں۔ایک نیا فتنہ، اداریہ نوا ئے وقت
گـزشتہ روز غیرسرکاری رویت ہلاک کمیٹی کے اعلان پر صوبہ سرحد کے پشاور سمیت کئی اضلاع میں عیدالفطر منائی گئی جبکہ سوات،ہزارہ، ڈیرہ اسماعیل خاں اور دیگر کئی مقامات پر غیرسرکاری روایت ہلال کمیٹی کے فیصلے کے برعکس لوگوں نے روزہ رکھا۔ وفاقی وزیر ریلوے غلام احمد بلور اور صوبائی وزیر بشیر بلور نے مرکزی رویت ہلال کمیٹی کے کردار پر تنقید کی ہے اور کہا ہے کہ دنیا کے 70 فیصد ممالک میں عید سعودی عرب کے ساتھ منائی جاتی ہے۔ مرکزی رویت ہلال کمیٹی کے چیئرمین پنجاب کی کمیٹی کے چیئرمین بن کر رہ گئے ہیں۔
پاکستان کے راسخ العقیدہ مسلمانوں کی دیرینہ خواہش رہی ہے کہ عیدین کے اجتماعات قومی وحدت کا مظہر اور مسلمانوں کی عظمت کے آئینہ دار ہوں۔ ماضی میں عید کے موقع پر مختلف علاقوں میں الگ الگ عیدیں منانے کی وجہ سے جو اختلافات سامنے آئے انہیں مدنظر رکھ کر تمام مذہبی مسالک کے علماء کے مشورے اور ارکان پارلیمنٹ کی سوچ بچار کے بعد مرکزی رویت ہلال کمیٹی کا قیام عمل میں آیا جس میں نہ صرف تمام مکاتب فکر کی نمائندگی ہے بلکہ جدید تعلیم یافتہ افراداور ماہرین فلکیات کوبھی کمیٹی کا حصہ بنایاگیا ہے اور رویت ہلال کمیٹی کی تشکیل کے بعد بہت کم مواقع پر اختلاف سامنے آیا ہے لیکن گزشتہ کچھ عرصہ سے صوبہ سرحد کی حکومت سیاسی وجوہات اور بعض علماء کرام مسلکی اختلافات کی بناء پر مرکزی رویت ہلال کمیٹی کے وجود کو تسلیم کرنے اور اس کی طرف سے چاند نظر آنے کے اعلان کو پورے ملک کیلئے واجب الاتباع قرار دینے پر تیار نہیں اور اس سال تو حکومت سرحد نے غیر سرکاری رویت ہلال کمیٹی کے فیصلے کے مطابق پورے صوبے میں اتوارکے روز عیدالفطرمنانے کا فیصلہ کرکے عملاً باقی تین صوبوں اور صوبہ سرحد کے بعض اضلاع سے الگ عید منانے کی روایت کا آغاز کردیا ہے اور رویت ہلال کی شہادتوں کے بجائے سعودی عرب کی طرف سے اعلان عید کو پورے پاکستان بلکہ پوری دنیا کیلئے قابل تقلید قرار دے کر ملک میں نیا تفرقہ پیدا کردیا ہے۔
پوری قوم کی یہ خواہش ہے کہ عیدین ایک ہی روز منائی جائیں لیکن اس مقصد کیلئے شرعی تقاضوں کو ملحوظ رکھنا بہرحال ضروری ہے محض کسی مخصوص علاقے یا گروپ کی خوشنودی کیلئے مسلمانوں کو روزے جیسی عظیم نعمت سے محروم کرنا زیادتی ہے جبکہ روایت ہلال کے ضمن میں سعودی عرب کی پیروی کرنااس لئے مشکل ہے کہ ایک تو پاکستان اور سعودی عرب کا مطلع مختلف ہے دونوں میں تین گھنٹے کا فرق ہے سعودی عرب میں افطار اور نماز مغرب کے وقت پاکستان میں نماز تراویح بھی پڑھی جا چکی ہوتی ہے جبکہ بلور برادران کی منطق کے مطابق اگر پوری دنیا میں سعودی عرب کے ساتھ عید منانے کی رسم ڈالی جائے تو امریکہ اور یورپ کے کئی ممالک میں نماز عید نماز عشاء کے ساتھ ادا کرنی پڑے گی۔ ملک میں پہلی بار نماز عید اور رویت ہلال کے خالص شرعی معاملے میں صوبائی تعصب کو بھی ہوا دی گئی ہے اور ہزارہ سے تعلق رکھنے والے مولانا مفتی منیب الرحمن کو پنجاب کی کمیٹی کا چیئرمین قرار دیکر اسے کالا باغ ڈیم کی طرح ایک علاقائی، صوبائی اور نسلی مسئلہ بنانے کی کوشش کی گئی ہے جسے نرم سے نرم الفاظ میںانتہائی افسوس ناک قرار دیا جائیگا۔
بلور برادران معلوم نہیں پنجاب سے اتنے الرجک کیوں ہیں کہ ایک خالص شرعی معاملے کو بھی جو بنیادی طور پر علماء کرام اور ماہرین فلکیات کو طے کرنا چاہئے صوبائیت کی عینک سے دیکھنے لگے ہیں حالانکہ نوّے کے عشرے میں وہ میاں نوازشریف کے شردھالو اور ان کی حکومت میں شریک رہے ہیں اب بھی بلور صاحبان کا دور ہ لاہور رائیونڈ حاضری کے بغیر مکمل نہیں ہوتا، پیپلز پارٹی کی سیکرٹری اطلاعات فوزیہ وہاب نے درست کہا ہے کہ رویت ہلال کے مسئلہ پر سیاسی خلفشار پھیلایا جا رہا ہے اور قومی وحدت کو پارہ پارہ کرنے کیلئے عیدالفطر کے مقدس تہوار کو استعمال کیا گیا ہے حیرت انگیز بات یہ ہے کہ پشاور کی غیر سرکاری رویت ہلال کمیٹی کے اعلان کو صوبہ سرحد کے بیشتر اضلاع میں تسلیم نہیں کیا گیا جس کا مطلب ہے کہ وہاں کے عوام اور علماء کرام غیر سرکاری رویت ہلال کمیٹی کے فیصلے اور کردار سے متفق نہیں البتہ گورنر، وزیراعلیٰ، دیگر عمائدین اور سرکاری عہدیداروں نے غیر سرکاری رویت ہلال کمیٹی کے فیصلے کے مطابق نماز عید ادا کرکے اس کمیٹی کو سرکاری درجہ دیدیا۔
یہ صورتحال مرکزی رویت ہلال کمیٹی کے علاوہ وفاقی حکومت اور پارلیمنٹ کیلئے لمحہ فکریہ ہے یہ ماضی میں رویت ہلال کمیٹی کے بعض فیصلوں کا ردعمل بھی ہے اور اس کے کردار کو سائنسی انداز میں ازسرنو متعین کرنے کی ضرورت کا متقاضی بھی۔ سائنس و ٹیکنالوجی کے موجودہ دور میں جب عشروں بعد سو رج گرہن اور چاند گرہن کی پیش گوئی ممکن ہے اور سعودی عرب کے علاوہ ایران اور کئی دیگر مسلم ممالک میں رویت ہلال پر کبھی تنازعہ کھڑا نہیں ہوا پاکستان میں ہر سال ملک میں دو دو اور بسا اوقات تین روز عید منانے کے واقعات افسوس ناک ہیں اس سے پاکستان دنیا میں مذاق بنتا ہے اور عیدین کے تہوار وحدت ملی کے بجائے انتشار اور افتراق کا سبب بن جاتے ہیں اسی انتشار کی وجہ سے مسلکی اور علاقائی تعصبات کو ہوا ملتی ہے اور دین بیزار عناصر کو اہل مذہب بالخصوص علماء کرام پر طعنہ زنی کا موقع ملتا ہے اس لئے رویت ہلال کمیٹی کی تشکیل نو کرکے اس میں ہر مسلک کے معتبر اور جید علماء کرام کے علاوہ سائنس و تکنیکی علوم بالخصوص فلکیات کے ماہرین کو شامل کیا جائے۔ رویت ہلال کیلئے جدید سائنسی و تکنیکی آلات اور تحقیقات سے استفادہ کیا جائے اور شہادتوں کے حصول کیلئے بھی زیادہ سے زیادہ سہولتیں فراہم کی جائیں تاکہ پاکستانی قوم ایک ہی دن روزہ رکھنے اور عید منانے کے ساتھ ملی وحدت اور قومی شان و شوکت کا اظہار کرسکے۔ یہ عوام کا حق ہے کہ وہ ایک ساتھ روزے رکھیں، عید منائیں اور خوشی کے موقع پر کسی کو بدمزگی پیدا کرنے کا موقع نہ ملے
پاکستان میں ایک بار پھر دو عیدیں
ہارون رشید
بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، پشاور
مسجد قاسم علی خان میں صوبائی سینئر وزیر بشیر بلور نے بھی شرکت کی
صوبہ سرحد کی حکومت نے ایک مرتبہ پھر بعض علماء کو مرکز کے ساتھ عید منانے پر مجبور کرنے کی بجائے آسان راستہ اپناتے ہوئے ان ’گنے چنے علما کے سامنے ہتھیار ڈالتے‘ ہوئے ان کے اعلان پر آج اتوار کو عید منا لی ہے۔
’اتحاد بین المسلمین‘ کا نعرہ اس مرتبہ پھر مسجد قاسم علی خان کے کل سنیچر کی رات کے اعلان سے پارہ پارہ ہوگیا۔ مسجد کے مہتمم مفتی شہاب الدین کے اعلان سے واضح ہوگیا کہ وہ اپنی سال ہا سال سے جاری روش تو ترک کرنے پر ہرگز آمادہ نہیں تاہم اس مرتبہ صوبائی حکومت کو بھی ساتھ ملانے میں کامیاب ثابت ہوئے ہیں۔ ان کا پیغام آسان اور صاف تھا: ’کوئی مانے یا نہ مانے ہم تو عید اپنی مرضی سے منائیں گے۔‘
لیکن سنیچر کی رات مسجد قاسم علی خان میں مختلف مکاتب فکر کے علماء کے اجلاس کی سب سے حیران کن بات اس میں صوبائی سینئر وزیر بشیر بلور، وزیر اطلاعات میاں افتخار حسین اور وزیر مذہبی امور نمروز خان کی شرکت تھی۔
خیال تھا کہ صوبائی حکومت کے یہ تین نمائندے مسجد قاسم علی خان کے علماء کو اس بات پر مجبور کرنے کی کوشش کریں گے کہ وہ عید مرکز کے ساتھ ایک دن منائیں لیکن وہ منوانے کی بجائے ان کی مان کر نکل آئے۔ ایک غلطی کو درست کرنے کی بجائے انہوں نے بہتری اسی میں جانی کہ اس غلطی کو ہی گلے لگا لیں۔
صوبائی حکومت کے گھٹنے ٹیکنے کی بڑی وجہ اس کی عوامی حمایت کا ایسے علاقوں میں ہونا ہے جہاں عید حکومتوں کے کہنے پر نہیں بلکہ اپنے علماء کے حکم پر منائی جاتی ہے۔ یہی وجہ ہے کہ وزیر اعلٰی امید حیدر خان ہوتی نے عید مرکزی حکومت کے ساتھ منانے کی بجائے اپنے انتخابی اور آبائی علاقے کے ساتھ منانے میں غنیمت جانی۔
رمضان اور عید الفطر کے موقع پر ملک میں علماء کے دو واضح گروپس سامنے آچکے ہیں۔ ایک مسجد قاسم علی خان ’فینامینہ‘ اور دوسرا مرکز کے وہ علماء جو سرحد کی رویت کے معاملے پر کسی بھی تجویز کو قبول کرنے کو اپنی شاید ’بےعزتی‘ تصور کرتے ہیں۔ ایسے موقف کے درمیان اس سال بھی عید کا ان جید علماء کے ہاتھوں وہی حشر ہوا جو کئی دہائیوں سے ہوتا آ رہا ہے۔
The reality of moon-sighting in Makkah (By Sardar Ahmed Qadri)
http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/oct2009-daily/06-10-2009/col15.htm
‘Fasting begins only after moon sighted’
MAKKAH: The Saudi Council of Senior Scholars has rejected the demand that the beginning and end of lunar months should be determined on the basis of astronomical calculations.“Shariah does not accept astronomical calculations based on mathematical computing as the basis for the beginning and ending of Ramadan,” said Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh, grand mufti of Saudi Arabia and chairman of the council.“If anyone doubts our moon-sighting, fasting and feasting, it betrays his weak faith and defective perception,” the grand mufti, who is head of the Administration of Research in Religious Sciences and Fatwa said. He cited a Hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him) which says, “You start fasting when you see (the moon) and stop it when you sight (the next moon) and when it is hidden by clouds, complete (30 days of) fasting.”The grand mufti added that it is obligatory on the Muslims to start fasting when any Muslim known for his honesty and healthy eyesight claims to have sighted the new moon. This is the practice in the Kingdom, he said, dismissing suggestion that Muslims may depend on astronomical calculations to begin fasting in Ramadan and celebrate Eid.It is the Supreme Judicial Council that announces the sighting of the new moon to mark the beginning of Rajab (seventh month of the Islamic calendar), Shaaban (the month preceding Ramadan), Ramadan, and the three months following it, Al-Madinah newspaper reported.The senior scholars’ council concluded a series of discussions on the issue and came to the conclusion on Tuesday that sighting of the moon should be the basis of a month’s beginning though three of its members supported the idea of depending on astronomical calculations.
Meanwhile, Saudi astronomer Jabar Al-Doussary said religious scholars and astronomers should settle their dispute on the moon-sighting issue.
“Nothing but the astronomical calculations confirm the sighting of the moon in a convincing manner. The calculations are made not for a day or a month but for thousands of years. Even the viewing through observatories is based on such calculations,” the astronomer said.
Khaled Al-Zuaq, member of the Arab Federation of Space Sciences and Astronomy stressed the need for a meeting of astronomers and religious scholars to bring an end to the row over moon-sighting and avoid errors.
“The present method of confirming moon-sighting has created confusion that can be removed easily by adopting scientific methods,” he said. A 15-member panel from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain had decided two years ago to launch an Islamic satellite, which would be used for sighting moon. (Arab News)
To Eid or not Eid, that is the question!
Moon visibility curves for Friday, November 12, 2004. Definitely no moon in Saudi Arabia..
The moon would have been visibile Saturday, 13 November..
As I child, I used to listen to the grown ups in our family argue endlessly about when the Eid Al Fitr (marking the end of Ramadan fasting) is supposed to start. Being based on a lunar calendar, Islamic months are more difficult to determine than the Gregorian months. These arguments are repeated in EXACTLY the same manner every year. The same clichés, the same points and counterpoints. It’s almost like the Groundhog Day movie (where the guy always wakes up on the same day).
Yesterday night the fiasco repeated itself again. Saudi Arabia declared that Eid was Saturday. My wife an I were walking downtown and went into a shop to buy a soft drink when we heard the Jordanian Mufti on a small black and white TV announcing that Eid in Jordan was Sunday. At home later in the evening, my father in-law called from Germany perplexed. Half of Germany ended up celebrating Eid Saturday and the half will celebrate tomorrow.
Just across the River Jordan, in Palestine Eid was celebrated Saturday. What a mess!
I have always been convinced that this is a matter where science can help. Of course, the religious authorities have a million opinions on utilizing science to determine the appearance of the moon. Waiting until they agree can take another century or so.
So to cut a long story short, I did my own Internet research on the matter. Here are the results (I wont go into the details of all the arguments, because, honestly, the whole thing just gets on my nerves):
1. Jordan’s announcement that Eid is on Sunday was correct. TheJordanian mufti said that the moon did not show up, which is in line withthe calculations. At the very least one can be confident that,scientifically, there is NO WAY someone saw the crescent in Saudi ArabiaFriday night. Go to Moonsighting.com and see for yourself. The site’s publishers use a software package called MoonCalc (programmed byUK-based Dr Monzur Ahmed) The new moon, although “born” Friday night, could not have been seen anywhere on earth (with the exception of a possibility of sighting in some Polynesian Islands!!).
2. Just for your general knowledge, a new moon can indeed be seen in one zone of the earth but not another. Remember we live on a rotating sphere. See the screenshots of MoonCalc and you’ll get a better idea aboutthe science of moonsighting.
OK. Now the interesting dilemma for observing Muslims is the following: Who’s announcement to follow. One side of the argument assumes that the “Muslim Nation” is one nation. And when the moon is sighted anywhere in the world by any Muslim, the whole Muslim nation should break the Ramadan fast. Well, that would be great. That would be the end of the endless arguments every year!
Just one note: no claim of a moonsighting should be accepted if itSCIENTIFACALLY IMPOSSIBLE. OK?
That would be the “ideal situation”. But the reality is that the “Muslim Nation” is, in fact, NOT one nation. On the contrary consists of many, many countries and Muslim communities in non-Islamic countries. If a Muslim in Jordan was to follow the announcement of Saudi Arabia that Eid was today, Saturday 13 November 2004, what was she or he to do? Go to Eid prayers alone? Or perhaps visit relatives expecting to be served Ma’mul? Or maybe go and have Eid lunch? HELLO?
I am sure the religious arguments about this issue can go on forever. The two solutions are clear: Either each country (and Muslim community) announces Eid on its own, or, by some miracle, All Islamic authorities agree on a common date (that at least does not contradict science).
Happy Eid everyone! (Source)
Fatawa on errors in following Saudi moon sighting
lørdag 27. juni 2009 13:53 |
Hazrat Maulana Mufti Rasheed Ahmed Ludhyanwi (RA)
…It is not known that the number of people sighting the moon in Saudia is of satisfactory quantity. The decision of the Saudi government is not only against the established principles of the Hanafi Fiqh, it is also against common sense therefore it is not applicable to Pakistan. The sighing of a large body is a condition within the Hanafi Fiqh when the horizon is clear however the Saudi government often decides Ramadhan on a single witness and Eid and Dhul-Hijjah on a minimum of two witnesses…(Ahsanul-Fatawa, Volume4/Page 417)
Hazrat Maulana Mufti Rasheed Ahmed Ludhyanwi (RA) subsequently wrote a letter to the responsible officials in the Saudi government regarding this matter and was not satisfied with the reply. He (RA) wrote, “I had clearly stated my reasons for claiming that your criteria for moon sighting are against the obvious; however I have not received a reply. The reasons quoted previously are as follows:
1. It is unusual in case of clear horizons for just a few people in the entire country to sight the crescent
2. General sighting is not even observed on the 2nd day of sighting i.e. masses are unable to see the moon even on the 2nd day)
3. Full moon should be observed on the 14th or the 15th, however according to your sighting it is usually viewed on the 16th or the 17th
4. It is impossible to sight the crescent on the day (or even a day after) when the moon is sighted in the east at dawn since the moon sets before the sunset in those days. However the Saudi government announces moon sighting sometimes on the very same day when the moon is sighted in the east at dawn
5. Moon is not sighted elsewhere after the sighing in Saudia even in the west of Saudi Arabia
6. The first day of the moon (birth) is been often declared the first of the Islamic month, which is illogical because it would mean that the moon can be sighted before its birth (Ahsanul-Fatawa, Volume4/Page 418)
Darul-uloom Deoband:
Question: You will be well aware of the controversies regarding the sighting of the moon here in the UK. For a period of time our respected scholars and the representatives of the esteemed institute of Deoband followed the authentic sightings of Morrocco considering it as a nearby country, which is in accordance with the Shariah and the Hanafi school of thought.
The only setback was that occasionally the news of sighting the moon was delayed to an extent that on one occasion we fasted on not hearing any news about the moon being sighted, only to find out later on that day that it was sighted, therefore the fast was broken and Eid celebrated.
The individuals who were responsible for the research of the moon sighting should have calmed down the situation and rebuilt confidence in the general community, but instead, they went running around to and fro, to Darul Iftaa’s around the globe to get a fatwa issued so that following Saudi’s sightings would be made permissible. They published such fatwa extensively creating an atmosphere that following Saudi’s sighting was the only permissible way and that it was wrong to follow Morocco. When in reality the outcome of these fatwas was to grant some flexibility in times of difficulty. Granting flexibility under temporary circumstances and issuing verdicts for permanent situations are separate matters altogether.
This all lead to a confusion resulting with a group of people trying to instigates Saudi’s observations and contrary to this, some scholars eager to follow the righteous path, who were never satisfied with the Saudi observations. As time passed Saudi sightings were proved wrong on many occasions.
If the Saudi observations had been correct, there would not have been any controversy at all. But time and time again Saudi has proved itself incorrect. The evidence is that on many occasions Saudi announces the sighing of moon, when not a single person sights the moon in any part of Asia or Africa where the horizon is mostly clear as well. What’s more is that there is no sighting of the moon in any part of America, Canada or West Indies where the sun sets eight hours after Saudi; and the crescent has grown much bigger.
For instance, this Shawwal 1423H on Wednesday evening Saudi made an announcement for Eid and a large number of Muslims here in the U.K. celebrated Eid on the following day whereas Muslims were fasting America, Canada, Panama, and Barbados and they celebrated Eid on Friday. This episode repeats itself nearly every year.
The purpose of putting this in writing is so that we ponder over the problems and dilemmas that are arising as a result of these premature Saudi announcements and to rectify the situation (if possible).
The following problems will arise whenever Saudi will make a premature announcement:
1. Keeping a fast of Ramadhan in Sha’ban, which contradicts the Hadeeth as well as misleads people into thinking that it is a fast of Ramadhan when in reality it is not
2. Changing a day or two of Sha’ban into Ramadhan, which contradicts the verse of Qur’an in which the people of the days of ignorance were prohibited from changing the names of the months. They used to change the name of the month according to their likings.
3. Celebrating Eid in Ramadhan
4. Omitting a fast of Ramadhan, when all are equally compulsory
5. Changing Ramdhan into Shawwal, which is forbidden as above
6. Many pious people start the six fasts of Shawwal straight after Eid and under such circumstances they would be fasting on the day of Eid which is in complete contradiction with the Hadeeth
7. It is understood from many books of Fiqh that any form of Ibaadah is not acceptable before the due time, but is accepted if it is performed later than schedule time due to any valid excuse and the responsibility of fulfilling that ibaadah is discharged. For example praying Zuhr Salaah 2 minutes before Zawal will not be accepted under any circumstances at all. But if it was prayed late close to Asar time, it would be accepted and no sin committed if there was a valid excuse. Similarly, Qurbani can be made on the eleventh or twelfth if it is not made on the tenth but under no circumstances can it be made on the ninth of Zil-Hijjah. It is the same command for fasting and Eid. If fast or Eid is celebrated before time it will not be accepted, but if for any reason there is a delay because the sighting of the moon cannot be clarified then this Ibaadah will be accepted and the responsibility discharged
8. How is it possible that when-ever Saudi makes a hasty announcement of the moon sighting, it is not visible in Asia, Africa, or any other western countries even though they have a clear horizon. How can it be possible that the moon is sighted at sunset time in Saudia and 8 hours later it cannot be seen in America, Canada or the West Indies? The problem has occurred many times as well as this year. Therefore, this itself weakens the claims of the Saudi observations
9. It is stated in a Hadeeth from which we can understand that we should stop and start fasting in accordance with the moon sighting complete 30 days of Sha’ban if moon sighting is not possible due to distorted visibility If we look at reality, we have left the practice upon this Hadeeth. What, don’t we have permission to keep complete 30 days of Sha’ban or Ramadhan? Don’t we have the flexibility to wait instead of jumping to conclusions and acting upon Saudi’s hasty sighting where there is a great possibility of our Ibaadah not being accepted because it is done before due time? We should therefore act only upon such verdicts that save us from ruining our Ibaadah.
10. From a Hanafi point of view, a single trustworthy person’s sighting is accepted for fasting, but for the sighting of Eid, it is important for a large group of people to give evidence of the moon being sighted. A number of people upon whom others have confidence and satisfaction. Whereas according to them (the Saudi) one or two persons sighting is accepted for Eid.
11. There has always been an atmosphere of controversy, confusion and argument amongst the Scholars and the general community whenever Saudi has made hasty announcements about the sighting and whenever they complete 30 days there is peace and satisfaction amongst the Muslim community. Our elders have always had doubts and suspicions regarding the Saudi announcements. If their dates were accepted to be accurate then Pakistan, India etc. would be under more obligation to follow them because they are more closer to Saudi than U.K. Hakeemul Ummah Sheikh Thanwi (RA) has stated and which is mentioned in Fatawa Raheemiyah at the end of volume seven, that if the observation of Saudi is proved to be accurate then the Muslims of India should follow Saudi. This was said approximately 60-70 years ago when in reality this has not been acted upon since, when there is only the Arabian Gulf separating the Indian sub-continent from Saudi and there is not much time difference between them as well.
12. If Saudi observation is followed blindly, people will avoid consulting the learned scholars and the responsible authorities. The sources of media are so advanced that people can learn the news of the moon sighting through telephone, T.V. and satellite and many a time they start to spread the news by making their announcements before sunset. In future if this continues, then people will not wait for the announcement to be made from their local Mosques and it will be impossible to act contrary to these hasty announcements.
These are some major problems that have been created by acting upon premature announcements of the moon sighting. What is happening in this country is that scholars of all different schools of thought are constantly trying to figure out a solution for this great crisis, but unfortunately a great majority of our scholars following the Deobandi school of thought are sleeping with a content mind deceptively assured that what was made permissible for certain circumstances under temporary conditions can be made practical in all situations, even though we have understood hasty actions can ruin our Ibaadah whereas delaying does not.
Alhumdolillah, a number of people who take interest in knowledge and research including our up and coming generations of Muslims here in the U.K. who hold great knowledge and are fluent in English, understand the weaknesses of Saudi observations.
At the moment in time, what we need is for the local scholars to sit down and acknowledge the weakness of these premature announcements and the problems that are arising from them. The general public still awaits for the correct announcements to be made. It would prove to be a great step in the right direction even if there is a single scholar in each locality who takes up the responsibility of explaining to the community the reality of these hasty announcements.
The scholars of truth have always had a habit of not being afraid of speaking the truth regardless of any opposition. I have firm and full belief through my knowledge and experience that the general community possesses the capability to accept these changes because they are in view of the problems and weaknesses created by the Saudi premature announcements. If it is done with great wisdom, by pointing out the errors and respective corrections, through lectures or private gatherings, there will be no sign of any uproar or aggression. May Allah grant us all the ability to rectify and correct (Ameen).
Answer: “I have studied your queries very attentively. It has been written from here in the past that announcements should be made for the sighting of the moon, based on information of sightings from your close country. It is incorrect to make announcements of Eid and Ramadhan by following Saudi for the sake of ease. Even if a fatwa has been obtained for this purpose, it is against the principles of Shariah. There is a far greater distance between Britain and Saudi whereas Morocco is a lot closer to Britain. To abandon a close country’s sightings and to accept Saudis sighting, is in contradiction with the principles of Fiqh. Thereafter considering the state of Saudi observations and the difficulties that are arising from them, which you have written and attention towards; no decision should be ever made blindly in accordance with the Saudi observations. You should enforce with full strength the practice of following Morocco sightings. This is the closest to the truth.”
Mufti Habibur Rahman
Mufti Darul-uloom Deoband
18th of Safar 1424 AH”
The Answer is correct!
Hazrat Maulana Kafeelur-Rahman Nishat
Hazrat Maulana Mufti Zafeeruddin
Hazrat Mufti Muhammed Abdullah
Mazahirul-uloom (Saharanpur):
The answer is correct and in accordance with the principles of Shariah. The countries closer in distance should be considered where there isn’t a lot of difference between sunrise and sunset times.”
Mufti Muhammed Tahir Mazahirri
Mufti Mazahirul-uloom Saharunpur
1st of Sha’aban 1424 AH”
Madrasad Islamic Taleemud Deen Dhabail, Gujarat:
“I also fully agree with the answer.”
Mufti Ahmed Khan Puri
Madrasa Islamia Taleemud-Deen Dhabail”
Hazratjee Maulana Inamul Hasan (RA):
Bangla Wali Masjid
15 Shabaan 1407
Dear Hafiz Patel Sahib and other members of the Shuraa and all the responsible brothers of this work of Dawah.
The blessed month is coming close. On this occasion there has been a long controversy in regards with the sighting of the moon. Ramadhan Mubarak and the Eids are the fundamental basis of Islam. We need to be very cautious and fearful in this matter because making right or wrong judgement can lead the whole country in the right or wrong direction.
On these occasions the responsible brothers have a very grave duty upon them, especially when people are relying on them heavily due to the great effort of this work people throughout the country accept their decisions. It is very clear and evident in the Qur’an regarding the cycles of the moon and sun… الشمس والقمر بحسبان الخ It is possible to find errors in the calculations of the humans but there is no flaw in the calculations of the creator.
The English dates that are set by the experts of this field are possible dates of sighting the moon. We do not have to trust them but staying within the bounds of Shariah if there is any sighting of the moon then Ramadhan and Eid will commence or else it will be the following day without doubt. This is no innovated system but this is practiced all over the place and neither does anyone have any objections about it. Wherever the horizon is clear and there is a sighting of the moon on that date it is brought into action and if not then it is without doubt the following day.
Now what is left is that when, claims of moon sighting is made even before there is any slightest possibility of sighing. There is no credit given to this type of claims and it is against the actions of Jamhoor Ulama as well. To be cautious in regards with this matter, we can take calculations from experts in the Astronomical field which will include Muslims and non-Muslims. From our point of view we consider Dr Ilyas of Malaysia as a Muslim expert in this field.
Assistance can be taken from the Nautical Almanac Office of England. If their calculated dates turn out to correct then it will be understood that there was possibility of sighting the moon on that date and if there was no Shar’ee sighting of the moon on that date then the following date will be considered as definite. It is not hidden from you brothers that expert astronomers calculate the dates of solar and lunar eclipses many years beforehand and thousands of people visibly experience these eclipses on these dates where there are clear skies. Similar is the situation of sighting of the moon with more or less a difference of one day.
Therefore on such occasions where their dates are not accepted to be exact, at the same time you cannot completely reject their calculations. Instead, whilst staying within the bounds of Shariah, advantage should be taken of their calculations.
From: Hadharat Jee
Written by: Raheem Dadkhan
Note; Three, four copies of this issue have been sent to different members of the Shuraa. It should be read in front of all members of the Shuraa incase anyone does not get a copy of it
Jamia Islamia Binori Town, Karachi:
Therefore in the following circumstances it is necessary for the Muslims in England to follow Morocco or Algeria whichever is closer to England. It is not permissible to follow Saudia, Pakistan or any other country which is far from England.”
Written by Mufti Abdul-Kareen Deenpuri
21st of Ramadhan 1424”
Jamia Khairul Madaris, Multan
We have learned from very reliable sources that the thirty two years Saudi Calendar has been set according to Greenwich (London) and the announcements for Eid, Ramadhan are made according to it and not according to moon sighting or by following principles laid down in the Islamic Shariah. A basic proof of this fact is the statements made in the forward of Saudi Calendar.
The second proof is that when officials of Waizarat Ad-Difah wal Tairan were asked that on 21st of February 1993 it will be 30th of Sha’ban but is there actually a chance of sighting the moon; both ministries admitted that according to moon sighting calculations there was no chance of sighting yet Ramadhan was announced in Saudia the next day.
The third proof is that in Saudia moon sighting is not common amongst the common population despite clear horizons; no one can be presented in Saudi Arabia who has fasted upon sighting the moon himself even though in case of clear horizon, perpetual sighting is necessary.
The fourth proof is that the moon is generally sighted elsewhere 2-3 days afterwards.
The fifth proof is that the phases of moon are out of synch i.e. full moon is not seen on the fourteenth in Saudi etc and these can be seen by anyone in Saudia.
Based on these evidences it is can be deduced that moon sighing is not practiced in Saudi Arabia. Therefore to make Saudi the basis of these decisions would be wasting your acts o worship and this is also the opinion of Hazrat Mufti Taqi Usmani.
Mufti Abdul-Sattar
Mufti Muhammad Abdullah
24th of Jamidul-Thani 1424”
Mufti Muhammed Ismael Kachalwi, UK:
Under the circumstances that you have written and described we don’t believe it correct for the Muslims of United Kingdom to follow the moon sighting of Saudi Arabia and it was evident from their announcement of 1st of Muharram 1412 and 1st of Rajab 1412 as the earth has only one sun and moon and there was a solar eclipse in Hawaii at the time of their observance of crescent for Muharram and solar eclipse at in America at their time of crescent observance of Rajab and pictures were taken of this event…It is also written in Ahsan-Fatawa that due to the sighting in Saudia being against the principles of the Hanafi Madhab and established science it is unacceptable for Pakistan therefore it cannot be regarded as acceptable for the Muslims in the United Kingdom either
Source: Taken (with Thanks) from Hazrat Maulana Iqbal Rangooni (Manchester, UK)
http://www.iqskole.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65:fatawa-on-errors-in-following-saudi-moon-sighting-in-britain&catid=1:artikler&Itemid=25
http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_401_450/moon_sighting_controversy_of_142.htm
Moon Sighting Controversy of 1426H Eid ul Fitr
The attached (pasted below) is a beautiful, convincingly well written article by Jung’s London
correspondent. It is based on well founded arguments. It proves beyond any shadow of
doubt that those who had their Eid Day on Thursday, November 3, 2005 were misled by the
joint Shura Council of ISNA & ICNA. May Allah pardon them and give them Tawfeeq not to
repeat such “blunders” again.
If they would have fasted one day more and completed their 30 days of Ramadan, as
permitted by Shariah, heaven would have not fallen on their heads. Now they stand
committed to a sin having Eid on the day of Obligatory fasting.
All brothers and sisters who had Eid on Thursday [November 3, 2005] have no choice but to
repent to Allah (SWT) and now fast one day as “Qaza” of Ramadan. It would be given
precedence over the six days of Shawwal non-obligatory fasting.
May Allah pardon ourselves and our leadership and give us Tawfeeq not to follow anyone
else but our own moon sighting.
Shamim Siddiqi
WWW.dawahinamericas.com
THE QUESTION OF ROOYAT-E-HILAL (Crescent Moonsighting)
Is it essential to follow Saudi Arabia?
By Zahoor Niazi
Mr Zahoor Niazi is Editor, Daily Jang, London. This an English translation of an article written by him in Urdu.
Published in The News International Ramadhan 29, 1426 [November 2, 2005]
In all the European countries Ramadhan started on two different days due to the announcement of Saudi Arabia. There will also be two Eids. In London most people will be celebrating Eid on Thursday November 3 but in other cities of Britain the majority of people will celebrate Eid on Friday November 4. Ordinary people are worried. Young people can’t understand why the Ulema are fighting. Why don’t they agree on one day of Eid?
In Britain, the Islamic Cultural Centre London (ICCL) should rightly hold an authority, as its trustees include ambassadors from all the Muslim countries. The announcement of the beginning of Hijra year from this centre should be acceptable to all Muslims of Britain. But it is not so. Why not? Perhaps it is because the majority of British Muslims feel that ICCL has become a spokesman of Saudi Arabia instead of representing them according to some principles. Regardless of whether or not the New Moon is present on the horizon of Britain, the director general of ICCL makes announcements of Ramadhan and Eid dates by following the announcement of Saudi Arabia.
What is wrong with following Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia is the centre of Islam. Haramain Sherefain are there. We pray five times a days facing Makkah. It is only there that we can perform Haj. Then why not follow Saudi Arabia in the matters of Ramadhan and Eid also. If the ICCL follows Saudi Arabia, so what?
First, if Allah had willed that Muslims all over the world should celebrate Islamic festivals on the same day, then he would have made the day and night at the same time everywhere. But he has made the day and night each for half the world.
Secondly from the experience and observations of many years it is proved that the Saudi claim of Ruait-e-Hilal is often wrong. I have used the word “wrong” instead of a “lie” so as not to offend some peoples’ feelings. Every Muslim’s sentimental attachment with Saudia is not hidden. In the last quarter century, there have been only a few instances, when Saudia announced the beginning of a month actually based on Ruait and not on their Umm-ul-Qurra calendar.
What is the Umm-ul-Qurra Calendar?
When the Bright aroused the Arabs against the Ottoman Empire, and the Saudi family formed a
government, then it was decided to enforce a Hijra calendar instead of the Gregorian solar calendar. The interesting history of the preparation of this calendar is this. Sometime ago, the Saudi rulers assigned the responsibility to prepare a 32-year calendar to some people. Those people got the monthly times of the Birth of New Moon from the British Royal Observatory. Today by the knowledge bestowed on man by Allah, man can prepare such calculations for hundreds of years in advance. The people who prepared the calendar used a self made principle, which said that if the age of the New Moon on the second day at sunset is 12 hours then that day will be first date of new lunar month. Those people have not kept this principle as a secret but have declared it openly. Due to this method a problem occurred that often the Saudi calendar goes against the principle of Ruait. In order to run the affairs of the sate without any confusion, the Umm-ul-Qurra calendar always got precedence over Islamic dates. Only a few times has
Saudia deviated from its calendar to use the correct Ramadhan and Haj dates. This discrepancy is also understood by Saudi Ulema and scholars but their difficulty is that Saudia is a closed society without any freedom of expression. There is no freedom of congregation. No decisions can be challenged there. Over there nobody has the right to ask “Oh, Omar we will not listen to you until you tell us how come you have got two sheets of cloth whereas everybody else has got only one”.
Many journalists have been either imprisoned or lost their jobs on small matters. Such a situation is not only in Saudia. Many other Arab countries are even worse. In London, a Libyan businessman said if someone performs Fajr prayer for four consecutive days, the on the fifth day he will be taken away by secret police to question him about the “revolution he may be planning”. Similar things happen in Syria. Perhaps it is due to such a mental state that only the Muslims of the sub continent refuse to accept the decisions of ICCL blindly but verify them on Islamic principles.
When does a new day begin in Islam?
In the Solar calendar at 12 O’clock at midnight one day finishes and the next day starts. Jews also use a lunar calendar. Before the state of Israel, to start a new month they had more confusion and disagreement than the Muslims have. Then Israel formed a rule that if the New Moon is born before 12 O’clock at midnight, then the next day will be the first date of the new lunar month. Muslims have a different criteria altogether, which is this: If on the 29th day of the current lunar month at the time of sunset, the New Moon is present on the horizon and is visible then the new lunar month will start. Otherwise thirty days are completed in the current lunar month. Unfortunately in the preparation of the Saudi calendar this criteria has been ignored.
According to the past criteria if the New Moon is born even after 12 O’clock at midnight and if the next day at the time of sunset the age of the moon is 12 hours then that will be the first date of the new lunar month. (Note: in the recent years the Saudia criteria has changed to: If the New Moon is before Sunset and it is present on the local horizon after sunset then the next day is the first date of the lunar month. But at times they deviate even from this criteria.)
What is a ‘New Moon’?
The terminology of ‘New Moon’ is in common use, although the moon, the sun and earth are the same which Allah had created at the beginning of the universe and will remain the same till the last day. Like billions of other planets these three are also constantly revolving in their orbits. The moon revolves around the earth. The earth in addition to moving in its own orbit also revolves together with its moon around the sun at the rate of 64 thousand miles per hour. Then the sun together with all its planets is revolving in its galaxy and this galaxy is revolving amongst a cluster of many other galaxies. The term ‘New Moon’ is only used in the sense that when the moon after completing its revolution around the earth in approximately 29.5 days, reaches an astronomical point which is in line with the sun and earth. At that time, the sunlight falling on the moon is not visible from the earth. The moon’s earth facing side is dark, as if there is no moon. But from here the moon starts a new revolution. This phenomenon is known as Conjuction, New
Moon or birth of the moon. However when the New Moon has moved away about 5.8 to 8.8 degrees and its age is about 17 to 23 hours, then it becomes visible. There are many other factors involved in the visibility. But without going into technical details, I will only say that sometimes due to other factors even a 36hours old moon is not visible. Therefore human knowledge so far has not reached the stage to tell us about the moon’s visibility in different countries with an accuracy of minutes and seconds but calculations can be made within a few hours difference.
A formula for Britain.
In 1984, in a meeting of Ulema and Astronomers held in ICCL, a formula was devised. According to the formula if a New Moon is present on the British horizon but cannot be visible due to clouds, and if a Shahada of Ruait is available from a near country e.g. Morocco, then the new lunar month should be started. However after only one year and holding a Birmingham based group for violating this formula, the ICCL threw away the formula in the dustbin and started to follow the Umm-ul-Qurra calendar in the name of Saudi Arabia. There was no central Ruait-e- Hilal committee set up and neither any scholars nor scientists were taken into confidence. The Director General of ICCL appointed himself to declare the dates of Ramadhan and Eid without any research. According to the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) Sir Iqbal Secrani, once he asked the then Saudi ambassador Ghazi Al Ghusaibi why do you
impose Saudi decisions in this country? To this the ambassador replied that we never ask ICCL to follow Saudi Arabia. They should follow the local conditions of Ruait. But may be some people, dreaming for a bright future, try to be more faithful to the king than the king himself.
Sir Iqbal Sacranie also narrated to me his conversations he had with the present Grand Mufti of Saudia Shaikh Al Shaikh and the Minister of Endowments. The President of East London Mosque, Dr Abdul Bari was also present. The Saudi dignitaries asked them (Iqbal & Bari) why do you follow Saudia? You should fix the dates of festivals according to your own calculations.
What are the reasons of confusion and disarray?
Because of the announcements of ICCL the Muslim community of Europe and Britain is suffering from confusion and disarray. The Arabs in London blindly accept ICCL. Then there are religious leaders in different cities of Britain who get paid by the Royal family for their Haj, Umra, conferences or they receive Royal donations for their Mosques and Madrassahs. According to an estimate, hundreds of people are on the Saudi payroll. Amongst the Saudi followers are even those “non-followers” who have deviated from the clear words of the Prophet’s Hadith. There are also the Deobandi Ulema who want to remain in the good books of the Saudi higher ups. In this group are also included the activists of Tableeghi Jamat (Propogationists). These people have influence in approximately 400 of the estimated 1200 mosques in Britain. There is no accurate database available yet but it is also estimated that about 500 mosques belong
to the Ahl-e-Sunnat Al Jamat (Brelvi Group). The UK Islamic Mission has 45, Shia group 50 and Minhajul Quran half a dozen mosques. All these (about 600) mosques follow the formula of Ruait or Imkan Ruait. In addition to the Deobandi group, Ahle Hadith and Arabs who have a combined total of possibly 100 mosques accept Saudi announcements. Interestingly, the leaders of the Deobandi group in the sub continent do not follow Saudia, even though, in terms of the horizon, the sub-continent is nearer to Saudia than Britain is to Saudia.
These leaders have so far declared the Saudi announcements as wrong and unacceptable. Dar-ul-Aloom Deoband in its Fatwa of 20 April 2003 has stated that in Britain it is not right to announce Ramadhan and Eid according to Saudi Ruait. To act on the Saudi Ruait is also against the principles of Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence). This Fatwa has received support from another big centre, Madrassah Mazahar Al Aloom Saharanpur. A prominent and high ranking Deobandi scholar and judge, Mohammad Taqi Usmani has written in a letter that “the incidences of accepting Shahada before the birth of New Moon are unacceptable in my view. I have also talked with several Saudi scholars and they were also perplexed. Because the matter is handled by Majlis Al Qadha Al Aala (Riyadh), those scholars were helpless”. Whenever a conversation took place with the Imams of Harmain in the Harmain or during their visits to Britain, they choose to stay quiet about the correctness or otherwise of the Saudi decisions.
However to persistent questioners, they asked why do you act on the Saudi decisions and why don’t you start the new month on the basis of the crescent in your country?
Tradition of the Prophet’s (Peace be upon him) Companions.
In the period of the Prophet’s (pbuh) Companions, the Islamic new month was started according to the local Ruait. According to Sunan Abu Daood a man went to Damascus and stayed there for the whole month of Ramadhan. After his return he said we have already seen the new moon (in Damascus). Then Abdullah Bin Abbas said we have been commanded by the holy prophet (pbuh) to act on the local Ruait, even if the Caliph himself has declared Ruait in another land. For the Companions it was not important whether the Eid is held on Thursday or Friday, but they were anxious to follow the commandments of Allah and His Prophet (pbuh).
Unity – against whom?
A large cross section of Muslims earnestly believes that because Saudia is the centre of Islam, we should have Ramadhan and Eid with Saudia as united Muslims. One day, when a colleague in my office put forward this point of view I said to him ‘OK, I accept your view. Even though at present the sun is shining in London but because the sun has set in Makkah and over there it is the time of Maghrib prayer, so let us, for the sake of ‘Muslims Unity’, offer our Maghrib prayer right now.’ He was very surprised with this reply and was speechless. Then I said to him why do you want to follow the centre of Islam only in the matter of Moon. You should also follow it in their prayer times which are set according to the sun. This talk of unity; is this unity against Allah in that unity must be achieved in clear violation of Commandments Allah and His Prophet (pbuh)?
Ulema are Worried but Quiet
Majority of prominent Deobandi Ulema in Britain are worried and unsatisfied with the present situation. In their private gatherings they consider Saudi announcements as incorrect but in public they keep quiet for the sake of so called “unity”. In such circumstances, a small but effective group is able to impose its own preferences over others. The Tableeghi Jamat, is making an effective contribution in bringing people towards prayer and fasting. Their leaders are practical men and not scholars. The scholars from whom they derive guidance from are limited in their knowledge to the level of Daras Nizami. They are neither familiar with the present problems and nor do they have any solutions for them.
Observatory calculations not acceptable!
These people insist on giving preference to Shahada over observatory calculations. They believe this is the view of their leaders. But I think they misunderstand their own leaders. The founder of Dar Al Aloom Haqqania Akhora Khatak, Maulana Abdul Haq writes: “In the Mohammadan Sharia, the rule for Ruait-e-Hilal is that if on the evening of 29th if the horizon is absolutely clear then it is necessary to have Ruait from a ‘big crowd’ of people”. It is however surprising that in Saudia there has never been a situation of ‘big crowd’. It is always one or two old aged people with weak eyesight who provide witness of moon sighting!
Do the millions of Saudi people have no interest in moon sighting and have they given this responsibility to two to four govt. officials?
Islam is a code of ‘established rules’ (Musssalamat). No witness is acceptable against an ‘established rule’. With the progress in science many ‘exemplary rules’ (Mushtahbahdt) have become ‘established rules’. But the poor Mullahs have not yet heard of such changes. The birth of the moon is a similar case. If say two or ten people bear witness to having seen the new moon before its birth, while astronomical science categorically denies this, how can the entire Muslim nation accept such a witness. Imam Abu Hanifa said: “If the sky is clear, the testimony of a ‘big crowd’ is necessary to celebrate Eid”. Present day prominent scholar Shaikh Yousuf Qardhawi says: “If according to the Observatory the new moon is not born yet, then any claim of its sighting must be rejected”. Like this year in Nigeria, three people claimed to have seen the
new moon before its birth and then some people started their fast on Nov 3. Who saw the Ramadhan Moon? On Monday Oct. 3, the Conjunction i.e. the New Moon in London occurred at 11.28 and on that day the sunset as well as the moonset was at 18.33. In other words the new moon which was only 07.06 old was not even present above the horizon. In Makkah the new moon was present on the horizon for 3 minutes, its age was 04:39, altitude 0 degree and distance from the sun was 2.2 degrees. In such a situation, the new moon cannot be seen even with a telescope let alone with the naked eye. The Mullahs have no knowledge of such facts and no desire to learn them. In spite of this they are bent upon misleading the public. It is noteworthy, that Saudia started Ramadhan on Oct. 4 but even on that day none of the Middle Eastern
countries had any moon sighting. With the true moon sighting method the Saudia’s first Ramadhan would have been Oct 6, like Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
When is Eid?
The Shawal moon (2005) will be born in London on 2 Nov. at 01:25. On that day the sunset will be at 04:31 and moonset at 04:20. In other words the moon will go down the horizon some 11 minutes before the sunset. It will be impossible to see it. In spite of this those who wish to celebrate Eid on Nov. 3 and think that the moon does not have the strength to hide from the holy land, although it can hide from the whole world but cannot hide in Saudia, then those people should take pictures of the moon on Nov. 2 in order to beat the scientists and observatory in their expert knowledge! Will Saudia and its followers accept this challenge? For Allah everybody is responsible for his own actions. A person cannot escape by saying that what could I
do, when my local Imam had announced Eid. One day I said to a Deobandi Alim that some people’s necks have become so strong that they are willing to take the load of breaking the fast of millions of people. In Europe, according to the moon calculations, Nov 3 will be the 30th fast day. Now whosoever wants to please Saudis can miss the fast on that but those who want to please Allah should fast on Nov 3 and celebrate Eid on Nov 4. If a person will complete 30 days fast on Nov 2, then he should consider his first day fast i.e. Oct 4 as Nafil and ask Allah to accept it. It is the responsibility of mosque committees to declare Eid day in the light of solid facts and not by following someone blindly.
Future Course of Action
We should try that ICCL, for its central role and in order to restore its confidence, should form a Central Ruait-e-Hilal Committee comprising of Ulema of all Madhaheb and Astronomers to act throughout the year. If ICCL is not ready to perform such a role then the leading organisations such as Muslim Council of Britain and British Muslim Forum should join hands to form a committee to provide guidance to the entire Muslim community. If even these two institutions do not play their roles, then I am afraid the Imam and Mosque Council of the Home Office task force will unite the Muslims!
Future of Islamic Cultural Centre London
A member of the House of Lords intends to file a petition in the high court stating that the British Crown had gifted the land of ICCL when there were only a few Muslims in this country. Now there are nearly two million Muslims, and therefore the ICCL should be handed over to them and that its present administrations should be closed down. From the other angle, the Saudi Govt. and its Embassy should also see whether after spending millions of pounds they are earning respect or a bad name amongst the Muslim community of Britain. Also within the community, there is a movement to include three representatives of the community. The ICCL should be grateful to Saudia for financial support but should not divide the community by its wrong decisions. With reference to this subject I contacted ICCL to know the views of its director general Dr Ahmed Al Dubayan but he could not be reached, nor did I receive any message from him.
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After indepth consultation with the Royal Observatory, the Amir of the Association of British Muslims, Sheikh Daoud Rosser-Owen, has concluded that it is not physically possible to see the new moon before Monday night. The moon orbits the Earth in a regular, measurable and readily observable pattern, thus unless the moon’s orbit suddenly alters in the next few days in a truly remarkable and unprecedented manner, the Moon will not be in a physical location possible for it to be observable until Monday evening.
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, “Calculate on the basis of the new moon of Sha’ban when Ramadan begins.” (Al-Tirmidhi, 618). The Prophet was very clear on this, therefore the beginning of Ramadan must be calculated according to the sighting of the new moon. To avoid confusion, arguments and readily avoidable fitna, we should use the most accurate information, a good source of which is that provided by those scientists whose profession is the study of the heavenly bodies. No one understands the orbits of the Earth, Moon and other celestial bodies better than astronomers, who have made this their life’s work. All astronomers today, are themselves the heirs of Islamic astronomers, who laid much of the groundwork for the modern science of Astronomy.
Taking all this into account, the Association of British Muslims will mark Monday evening, 1. August 2011 as the beginning of Ramadan, in preparation for the first day of fasting, starting at sunrise on 2. August 2011. We are providing this information as a guide, in the hope that it will encourage a stronger sense of solidarity among British Muslims. This guidance is especially relevant for community leaders, who have been designated the responsibility of deciding the start of Ramadan in their local communities, we respectfully remind you of your responsibility to Allah and your communities.
The dating of Ramadan and the eids has become a source of fitna over the years… Anyone who contributes to fitna will be held to account for their sins on the Day of Reckoning by Allah Almighty. However, we do not wish to be a source of fitna ourselves, and recommend our brothers and sisters in Islam, that in the situation where most of the people in your community start and finish Ramadan on a different day, that in the interests of your community’s sense of solidarity, it would be better for you to adhere to those dates marked by your community.
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Dread Kisthenes
April 7, 2017 August 25, 2017 / jstater / 1 Comment
Well, it is time to get back into the swing of things here at NOD after an unfortunately and unavoidable absence. Though I haven’t been as active online these last few weeks, I have been writing in what spare time I had, so I thought the easiest way to get back into blogging would be to share some of that material.
The Kisthenes hex crawl is proceeding apace – I can wrap up the basic writing in another 12 days – and then comes the editing and the writing of supplemental NOD articles. I need to commission art here really soon as well, but I think I can get the next NOD issue out by early May without too much trouble. This weekend I’m going to finally find time to get the paperbacks of the last issue of NOD and Barbarians & Basilisks up on Lulu, in case anyone has been waiting.
Without further ado … a few tidbits from the (unedited) Kisthenes hex crawl, which is based loosely on Mesopotamia and features a mad conqueror attempting to bring Tiamat (not exactly the copyrighted version from you-know-who, but something bigger and more Lovecraftian) bodily into the material plane, and other city-states competing to bring their own super-beasts into the world to oppose him. So a little Mesopotamian kaiju action for the adventurers to either stop or run away from.
(Note – the outlined areas in the map are the bits I have left to do. I usually write one chunk per weeknight, or two on weekends.)
Kisthenes map, plus a bit of the Nomo hex crawl to the left and Motherlands hex crawl at the bottom
0104. Damisu the Damned | Stronghold
Damisu is a necromancer whose ill-repute extends well beyond the grasslands of Kisthenes and the sands of the Crimson Waste. A waxy-skinned wastrel, he speaks in a timid soprano, pausing here and there to apply an unguent made of tallow to his dry, cracked lips. He dresses in a silk loincloth which, thankfully, he hides beneath a robe of crow feathers. Upon his head is the skull of his former master, the Mistress Utena. Her remains went to making one of several patchwork women who now serve in his manse, a decrepit old sandstone structure in a low spot on the grasslands that is soggy from a natural spring and littered with bones. The hex is patrolled by a dozen grey gnolls (encounter on a roll of 1-3 on 1d6) armed with composite bows and falchions.
Damisu is a petty man, very competitive with other magic-users (sorcerers are beneath his contempt). He is an obsequious man when presented with a possible challenge, offering hospitality in his shady domicile. In the night, the patchwork women set upon the magic-using guest and drag them through the dungeon into what Damisu calls “his arena”.
In the arena, dozens of zombies gather around two stone pillars, each pillar being about 6′ in diameter and raised 10′ off the ground. Damisu stands atop one pillar, his foe on the other. Whoever falls to the zombies is torn apart (unless it is Damisu, for they are his zombies and thus under his control.
If presented with a halfling girl with rosy cheeks and ebon locks, Damisu’s heart will stir and his mind flash back to a time long ago and a love long ago departed. How he reacts to this stimulus is up to the TK.
0540. Hawk Men | Monster
A tribe of hawk men has taken up residence in an old Chimerian citadel, a basalt nightmare stretched around a narrow peak and overlooking three valleys thick with fungal monsters. The hawk men have been raiding the surrounding settlements and then selling their plunder in Galardis. Their prince, Voltaro, has in his possession the adamantine sword of a Chimerian brave. The brave, Ull, is on the trail, and may be seen climbing the mountain and being harassed by the hawk men by adventurers moving through the hex.
0803. Pit of Despair | Monster
This hex of grassland is always strangely calm, and yet those who enter the hex feel a vague unease. Animals will not willingly enter the hex, and so the hex has mostly been left alone.
Towards the center of the hex there is a 10′ wide pit ringed with ancient stone slick with slime. The pit looks endless, and perhaps it is. It is inhabited by a caller in darkness who is summoned by tapping some-thing metal on the stone that rings the pit.
When summoned, the monster erupts suddenly from the pit, attacking all it can reach. If presented with a holy symbol of Ishtar it recoils and then one of the faces within the monster comes to the fore, a priestess of Ishtar who fled here when Ishkabibel was taken.
The priestess, while in control, will say something to the effect of, “The Mother of Chaos is coming, fed on the milk of human suffering, and with her coming the gods will again walk the earth, bringing destruction in their wake! Stop her coming, or flee this world.”
1735. Zephos | Village
Zephos is a large village (pop. 320 urban, 2,560 rural) of farmers who want nothing more than to be left alone. About 5% of the population are halflings, who work as scouts and swineherds in the village, and who help their kin from the Golden Steppe make their way to Blackpoort and other points south. The village has two competing taverns, the Sneering Pony and the Hole-in-the-Wall.
The Sneering Pony is mostly frequented by humans, the farmers gathering in the large room to drink golden ale and mead and eat roast lamb while listening to a woman bard, Hannah, past her prime but with a fantastic voice – perfect for laments. They sit, drink, eat and cry. In the room above, the merchant and artisans gather to drink spiced wine and eat pungent stews while gambling or watching bare-knuckle boxing.
The Hole-in-the-Wall is a tiny bar for halflings that is literally accessed via a hole in the wall of the Sneering Pony. It is a cozy place with many chairs with thick cushions, root beer par excellence, food not to be beat and some of the finest storytellers in the region, who weave the legends of old with fragrant pipe smoke.
2231. Monastery of Valor | Stronghold
A monastery of monks dedicated to Ninurta, the god of heroes, occupies a high ridge in this hex. The ridge is surrounded by an acacia forest populated by numerous wild goats, which are held as sacred to the deity.
The monastery is a mud-brick fort consisting of a small citadel (wherein dwell the monks) and a court-yard for their training. Several small outbuildings permit monks solitude for their meditations.
The monastery enjoys occasional visits from the knights of Lyonesse. Many young knights journey to the monastery for training, especially in the areas of courage and fortitude.
The 20 lesser monks of Ninurta fight with forked weapons used for disarming and bludgeoning foes. They pray to a white crystal formation beneath the monastery that is reached by crawling through a narrow, twisting tunnel. The cavern of the crystal is filled with warm, salty water and the walls are encrusted with smaller crystals which the monks chip off and turn into charms worn around their neck as proof they have seen the crystal.
Ninurta’s monks go bare-chested and wrap white cloth around their legs and abdomens. They paint a grey triangle on their faces and are permitted a crystal charm and leather bracers, but no other costume. Their leader is Shursab, a tall, stately woman with an abrasive personality. Only perfection is good enough for Shursab. If she meets a “perfect specimen”, there is a percentage chance equal to his or her charisma score that she falls in love with them. Shursab’s badge of office is a pair of opals on her bracers.
2844. Bacchanalia | Monster
Cultists of Bacchus have a gathering place here in the woods around a bloodstained stone table. The table sits on a low hill, the base of which is overgrown with red wild roses, a narrow stair of white stones leading up to it from a mucky gully. On new moons, a procession of fey and elven women moves through the woods lighting their way with torches and drinking from silver goblets of mind-altering wine. They become drunker as they approach the stone table, two or three men they have charmed in tow, and when they reach the top of the hill, they are joined by a trio of maenads. Under their direction they lash the men to the table and ply them with wine until they are blitzed out of their minds, before finally plunging knives into them. Satyrs watch from the woods, and gather the bodies when they have left, giving them a proper burial in the woods.
3348. Count Down to Pudding | Monster
A strange tan globe hangs from the bough of an oak. The sphere is one of force, and holds a dun pudding. The leaves of the woodland floor hide a steel box that, when the center is stepped on, forms a cube, the roof enclosing the victims of the trap and the pudding. Immediately, the force bubble begins to dissipate from the top down – it will take 30 minutes before the pud-ding can escape.
In the floor of the steel box there is a key hole which, if picked (or unlocked with the key inside the pudding), grants entry into a quasi-dimensions where the gnome thief Braba hid his treasure. The opening of the floor reveals stairs leading down into a weird cavern lit by the walls, which glow in shades of red and yellow. It will take 10 minutes to get to the treasure cavern, and another 10 to get back (though you might want to roll 3d6 to determine how many minutes it takes to get there and back). Among the treasure items is a tuning fork of no value, but which can cause the cube to unfold, allowing people to escape unharmed if the dun pudding remains contained in its force bubble.
The Evolution of Method
December 27, 2016 August 25, 2017 / jstater
Today I’m going to chime in with a couple helpful tips for those out there writing their own hex crawls. I’ve written more than a few of these suckers, and my usual m.o. was to take a map, divide it in two, and write one half of the hex crawl for one issue of NOD, and the other half for the next, or sometimes with an issue devoted to cities in between.
For the Nomo hex crawl (coming out soon in NOD 31), I had initially meant to use this method, but shifted midway through. It turns out that I was making progress quite a bit faster than normal, and thus doing both halves of the hex crawl in a single issue became a possibility, and one I preferred. There were two things I did differently this time around which I think sped up the process, so I thought sharing them was a good idea.
TIP #1 – Free Association
For most hex crawls, I come up with a general idea for the crawl – a theme – and then draw out the map, generate some random hex contents, some of which I throw out, and many of which I move a round a little to get a good spread, and then I do some research. For an ancient Rome hex crawl, I’ll read through some articles on Roman government, and the legions, and look at Roman mythology and Italian folklore and such to generate some ideas that I can work into the crawl.
This time around, and before I had decided on my theme, I spent a couple hours generating ideas for hex crawls. In this case, I did it by perusing the folks I follow on Pinterest and just free associating the things I saw into things one might meet. I mostly did this to alleviate boredom one night, and if you look at my old Google + posts you’ll find where I posted the results.
Having this list of ideas on hand made writing this hex crawl much easier – it was easier to flesh things out and fit the stream of consciousness ideas into the Roman (and Arabic) milieu of the crawl. Free association is always a good idea when you’re feeling a bit of writer’s block, and it certainly helped me write the Nomo crawl.
Also – I have plenty left over for the next crawl, but will make another attempt at free association before I do.
TIP #2 – Regions
For most hex crawls, I start writing at hex 0101, and work my way down each column. I usually set a goal for myself each night to go through anywhere from 10 to 20 entries. Some randomized contents are thrown out, so I probably write 8 to 16 entries a night. I have no good reason why I’ve done it this way – I just did it without really thinking. I would skip ahead sometimes to write up a city-state or some encounter that I had already generated when NOD was a campaign world of mine, but I mostly just did things in order.
This time, I plotted everything out on a map in advance. I did this because I needed to get the maps to sync up with previously published maps, and to do this dropped them all into an excel document. Having the excel doc right there, it was easy to go through and drop color-coded dots onto the hexes to represent what was supposed to go there – monsters, settlements, dungeons, wonders, etc. With all of these dots, it was also easy to draw circles around groups of them, and then each night to pick one of these “regions” and write up the encounters therein.
Not only did this prove to go muh faster than the old way, I did a much better job of making the encounters more a part of a whole than just a bunch of non-connected things one might meet. I still kept some of those non-connected bits – quite a few, really, because I like the weirdness – but creating connections between encounters was much easier.
So, free association independent of the theme, and regional writing – two evolutions of my method that allowed me to be far more productive. The next crawl covers the entire map below, and so the next issue will be around 130 pages. My next crawl, located to the east of the map below, will hopefully be just as easy to write.
A Little Mo Nomo
December 12, 2016 August 25, 2017 / jstater / 1 Comment
Yes, it’s another pseudo-lazy blog post. I’ve been busy as a beaver writing the latest hex crawl (and you have to assume a beaver would be incredibly busy trying to write a hex crawl, what with their lack of opposable thumbs – dams and hex crawls require completely different skill sets), and haven’t had time to do much non-hex crawl writing. I’m doing pretty good at this point – about 45 more entries to go. This time around, I’m trying to do an entire map in one issue. In the old days (I’ve been writing long enough I think I can call them “old days”) I broke the maps in two, east and west, and handled each in a different issue, sometimes with an issue focusing on cities in between. If I had done the Nomo hex crawl the old way, I would have been done writing a few weeks ago for NOD 31.
The reason behind this move was not a burning desire to work harder, but rather that I had a request for a Mesopotamia hex crawl, and in preparing to write that, I realized that my version of Mesopotamia, the dread plain of Kisthenes, was next door to my Rome, and that the one would actually make more sense if I did the other first, since there’s some cross-pollination in terms of campaign themes stuff.
Which is a long winded way of saying that this blog post will also feature some material from the next hex crawl. In this case, I wanted to highlight a few of the heraldic designs I’ve made using good old Excel, with the hex entries that go along with them.
Talabar | Stronghold
(I mostly liked this design because it involved making up a silly phrase and badly translating it into an Aramaic font. The final came out pretty nice.)
Atop a dusty, rocky plateau rests a grand castle, a large con-struction with outer and inner walls and towers, brilliant white in the blazing sun and quite noticeable against the reddish backdrop of the desert sands.
The castle is held by the Amirah Marusha zal-Sifi and her small force of 24 archers and 48 light cavalry. The Amira is a lusty woman, seemingly as delicate as a desert rose, but with iron sinews and a blaze to rival Iblis in her belly. An adven-turess, she fought her way across the Crimson Waste and Kisthenes and deep into the Golden Steppe to get where she is now.
The castle is surrounded by a collection of rock-and-hide hovels occupied by 540 goatherds, farmers and artisans. The people are a superstitious lot, and easily spooked. Their ex-istence here is tenuous at best, and the Warudi tribesmen, who resent her intrusion here, have left many frightening warnings of what will happen if she does not quit this place.
The castle holds a chapel dedicated to the goddess Allat. It is overseen by Marusha’s boon companion Uvart (LN human druid 3), a stony-faced woman of Kisthenes, with black ring-lets cascading down her back and a cherubic face with bright, darting eyes.
Rama | Settlement
Rama is a large oasis town (pop. 5,250) situated between two long ridges of red sandstone on a wadi that extends from the badlands out into the Crimson Waste. The oasis has rich soil and many springs, and supports the growing of date palms and herds of sheep, goats and horses. The oasis beyond the town walls is inhabited by 42,000 peasants. The peasants grow dates, figs, pistachios and barley using a net-work of canals first built by the Warudi and improved by Nomo.
The town was controlled by the Nomo Empire for many years and served as the capital of their Varudia province. With the disappearance of the empire, Queen Zabbai has declared her independence from Nomo and her suzerainty over all the Crimson Waste, a claim it is doubtful she can support.
The city has an outer wall of white stone that gleams for miles out into the desert air and five gates, each named for an ancient god of the Iremites, but commonly named for the color of the stone facings – i.e. the Red Gate (sandstone), the Blue Gate (lapis lazuli), Green Gate (malachite), Purple Gate (porphyry) and White Gate (marble). The outer portions of the town are given over to the adobe dwellings of the peas-ants and artisans, while the inner town, surrounded by a second wall (decorative, not defensive) is home to the royal family, government officials, priests and wealthy merchants in service to the queen.
The outer town is divided into four sections, each for one of the clans native to Rama, namely the Katare, Mabor, Malbizu and Mandilar. The clans can be identified by the color and style of their headdress and numerous other signs obvious to the locals. They are antagonistic towards one another, but not openly hostile.
The inner town is divided by a grand boulevard 30 feet wide and lined with 30-ft tall columns of white marble. The street runs from the Temple of Baal (dedicated to Jove by the Nomoi) on the east to the Temple of Nergal (dedicated to Pluto) on the west. At the center of the boulevard there is a great marble victory arch. On the north side of the street are the town’s baths, the Queen’s citadel and temples of Nabu (Mercury) and Allat (Venus). On the south side of the street one finds the building of the council of elders and the great Court of Tariffs, where tax collectors levy taxes and tariffs on visiting and local merchants.
Just outside the town proper there is a tall hill on which is built a fortified shrine of Moloch, who the Nomo had re-dedicated to Saturn while they held the town. The shrine is within a defensive tower manned by Moloch’s six priests.
Located outside the town in the desert is the Valley of the Dead, where the locals bury their dead in tombs. Some are simple caves while others are tower tombs or large under-ground sepulchers. The dead of the poor are cremated in the Temple of Moloch and placed in caves in terracotta urns. The wealthy are mummified by the priests of Nergal and placed in sarcophagi, dressed in their bejeweled finery.
Now that the Nomo have quit Rama, the locals have become fairly xenophobic. Foreign merchants with items to trade are permitted in the city, but not welcomed with open arms, and adventurers and other vagrants are kept outside, staying in one of the small roadhouses established for them.
Rama’s army consists of 9 squadrons of town guards, armed and armored as heavy infantry, under the direct command of Queen Zabbai, and 9 companies of soldiers under the command of Queen’s captain, her cousin Thamaba. The town’s cavalry operate outside the oasis, pa-trolling the desert sands and intercepting caravans to give them the once over before they come closer to Rama.
Ursa | Stronghold
(Some of the locales in these hex crawls are based on real places, and some are based on some idea I had. Many are as simple as “a tower keep of a 9th level paladin”, which require me to make up something to make this paladin’s keep different than the others I’ve already written. In this case, it was boring until I started designing the shield, which was going to have a bear on it – Ursa – but ended up with the double-headed eagle because I accidentally double-clicked it. The double-headed eagle made me think of the Holy Roman Empire, which brought me to the Holy Nomo Empire, etc.)
Pixta Adamia Ursa is a paladin of Minerva who commands a tower keep in this hex. She is gathering together a mercenary army of retired legionnaires and other warriors dedicated to the task of saving the empire by leading an army of loyalists into Nomo and dislodging the emperor’s shade from the throne that an angel of Jove might be placed there in its stead. Ursa is assisted in this task by an ex-Vestal virgin named Caia Spadaea Artia, a veritable she-devil with a sword.
So far, Ursa has assembled 25 veteran legionnaires (HD 1+1) and eight elite cataphracts (3 HD) whom she leads personally into battle. They have sharpened their skills against raiding Warudi, but know their toughest challenges lie ahead.
Ursa is now assembling the elements she needs to conjure a powerful angel. The ceremony requires a set of golden plates that are scattered around the region. These plates, when placed together, reveal the true name of Sabrathan, a plane-tar who they believe can become the emperor of a new Holy Nomo Empire dedicated to all the gods of Law.
Horologium | Settlement
(This is one of the “hex crawl jambalaya” sorts of entries, where I start with mechanical men, and then start throwing in all sorts of stuff from the ancient world that involved mechanical men and try to make something fun to visit. So you get Vulcan’s clockworks, and Talos and then Archimede’s laser rays for good measure. I particularly liked the name Artifex Maximus.)
Horologium is an island and city-state left of Vulcan’s creations, just doing their best to avoid corroding in the salty air. The island has a variety of coastlines, including beaches, harbors and cliffs, and many natural springs.
The city-state is contained in a dormant caldera that still has enough geothermal energy to power the creations of the clockworks. The rim of the caldera is fashioned into ram-parts, with nine towers, each equipped with one of Archimedes’ burning mirrors (i.e. laser ray, deals 2d6 points of fire damage each round it is held on the target; small targets require a hit roll each round).
The automata (pop. 168) are metalworkers mostly, mining metals from the slopes of the old volcano and fashioning it into fine weapons, armor and clockworks for sale. They have a fortified harbor on the north side of the island where they permit non-automatons to dock and take on cargo.
At the center of the city-state is the palace of King Talos, a giant bronze man. Talos is attended by 20 golden keledones, maidens of gold who sing and, when their king is threatened, turn into flailing death bots. Silver and gold watchdogs patrol the palace grounds. The captain of the city guard is called Incubito, a man of steel fashioned in the image of a gladiator, with interchangeable weapon arms!
The automatons worship Primus of the polyhedroids as Artifex Maximus. His high priest is the high scientist Excogitatoris, who fashioned the blazing mirrors and guard dogs.
Mantu | City-State
Mantu is the chief port of Nomo. Few vessels are permitted to pass by Mantu towards Nomo, mostly just imperial war-ships or the pleasure boats of senators and such.
The city is enclosed by a great wall on land, and a smaller sea wall. The walls of the city are greyish green, and embossed every 120 feet by the city’s arms. The city is built on a ring of hills that gradually descend towards the sea. The manses of the wealthy and the city offices are on the high hills, with the middle classes living below them and the lowlands, which sometimes flood, occupied by warehouses, tabernas, flop-houses and tiny shrines to a multitude of foreign gods. The buildings of Mantu have rooves of scarlet tiles, and many feature trellises climbed by vines of wild roses. The city is known for its cuisine, which includes roasted mutton, stews of garlic and fennel and lamb, fried fish, barley soup with fish sauce.
Temples are distributed throughout the city, with the Basilica of Neptune located in the high city. Other temples are dedicated to Salacia, goddess of sea water and wife of Nep-tune, Mater Matuta, protector of mariners, Angerona, reliev-er of pain and sorrow, Dispater in his role as god of wealth, the Aurae (breezes), the Venti (winds), Averruncus, propiti-ated to avert calamity, Hercules and Juno.
Mantu is known for its mines and those occupations related to mining, processing minerals and crafting with them. The traders of Mantu specialize in rare spices from the south. The hinterlands of Mantu are dotted with 49 villa rustica where people herd sheep and miners quarry granite, porphyry, copper and chrysoberyls. Chrysoberyls decorate the staff of office of the legate, who also wears sea blue robes of silk decorated with embroidered white roses.
With Nomo descending into chaos, many powerful families have fled to Mantu. The city-state has hardened its defenses, and there is talk of declaring the city-state independent of Nomo and preparing for war.
The city is protected by cohors I Mantu Nautae, which con-sists of 23 companies of legionnaires, many of them trained as marines, and 5 squadrons of equites. The cohort is commanded by Dux Ailio Cynon Gonzorgo, a veteran of many campaigns against pirates and a key conspirator with the nobles in declaring independence from Nomo (and he’s angling to be named Princeps). The cohort is responsible for protecting the city, patrolling the waterways and protecting the road that connects Mantu to Nomo. The Mantu city guard consists of 9 squadrons of guardsmen.
A Tiptoe into Nomo
November 23, 2016 August 25, 2017 / jstater / 1 Comment
Thomas Cole’s Destruction (1836) from Course of Empire
I’m deep into writing the Nomo hex crawl and thought I’d share a few of the encounters with you. I’m having fun writing it, combining a bit of the late Roman Empire + Byzantium about to fall, and running my Latin through a Gaulish filter to make it familiar and strange at the same time. Just north of Nomo’s heartland is the Crimson Waste, a desert that used to be a green and pleasant empire called Irem. The Iremites got into a devil worship and ultimately were destroyed in a war with the Nabu Empire (which you might have met in my Wyvern Coast/Nabu hex crawl from way back in NOD 1 to 3). Now that land is roamed by their descendants, the Warudi nomads, with a few monasteries and settlements that were spared in the cataclysm.
Lots of casual research goes into these things, so I always learn a few things. At the moment, I’m agonizing over Nomo’s legions and their emblems, mottoes and cohorts and such.
Anyhow … on with the show:
0411 Glassy Lake | Monster
This hex holds a vast, pristine lake with a glassy surface that seems unaffected by the wind. The banks are thick with acacias and great clouds of butterflies. At the center of the island there is a small, rocky island topped by a pretty little stronghold of lavender stone, with latticed windows and crenelations topped by golden pyramids. Splashing around the base of the island are pretty children – nixies – who sometimes climb the steps of the stronghold, which descend into the water, and slide through the doors.
Within the stronghold, a tower keep, which the nixies are pledged to defend, there is a throne of crushed shell, tall and fine, on which sits a woman composed of living glass. Princess Vyrna is the spirit of the lake, which was once much larger and much beloved by the Iremites. She was once a nixie queen, but took on her present form when she made a deal with the devil (literally) to save what remains of her home from the cataclysm. At night, the nixies of the lake take on a demonic aspect, and commit horrors upon any foolish enough to be found in the stronghold.
0512 The Snake Women Cometh | Monster
The desert sands here funnel into a deep cave of basalt. As one proceeds into the earth, about 500 feet, the air becomes warm and damp, and pools form on the floor. This opens into several interlocked caverns that are very wet and warm, with opalescent slime growing on the walls in great furry strands. These caves are inhabited by a trio of giant vipers that are controlled by the true masters of the cave complex.
Hidden behind one of these curtains there is a stair that proceeds another 400 feet into the earth. This passage is blocked by an adamantine gate with a complex, electrified lock.
At the base of this winding stair is a complex of ophidian amazons. Tall, statuesque women, they have pale scales that darken to rust on their lower arms and legs and carmine on their fingers and toes. This tribe of warrior-scientists consists of 85 females (lesser ophidians) and 27 smaller males who are left behind to tend the eggs and the machinery that pro-duces the warm, wet air that fills the cave.
In these caves, they work night and day on developing a method to clone themselves using concentrated quintessence, blood and whatever humanoid remains they can recover from their vipers. They have not yet struck upon the proper formula, but when they do, they have plans for Nod.
0610 Dirhab | Stronghold
Dirhab is a dervish abbey from olden times. The abbey is constructed of white marble, pock marked after a thousand years of windblown sand. The walls are 40 feet high, and there is a 50-foot tall tower at each corner. The gates of the abbey are composed of ebony, and are 1 foot thick, 10 feet tall and can only be opened using a winch found on the inside.
Within the front gate there is a broad courtyard, rectangular, that supports numerous flowering bushes. The courtyard is floored in reddish tiles decorated with white lilies. On the walls are mosaics of Marduk’s battle with Tiamat and Kingu, and his creation of humanity.
From the courtyard, one can pass into the living quarters and temple of the order. The buildings that surround the courtyard are three stories tall. The halls are hung with rich tapestries depicting the destruction of Irem by avenging angels raining down fire and the scattering of the Warudi across the Crimson Waste. In each of the towers is a large bell of meteoric iron, the dervishes striking them at noon and midnight to call the order and their families to prayer.
In a second courtyard, well-protected, are kept dozens of small white goats with pearly horns. These goats are kept as sacred animals, and are feted on Marduk’s holy day from silver bowls while the priests dance and play flutes carved from lapis lazuli.
The patriarch of the order is old Gazim (NG human cleric 10), whose body has twisted as he has grown older. He has lived through 500 summers, as all of the dervishes are extremely long-lived due to the blessing of Marduk.
The abbey houses 18 dervish priests, 40 dervishes and 180 noncombatants. The dervishes are mostly armed with shields and kaskaras, though 20 of them carry light crossbows and wear leather armor. They all fight like berserkers.
0927 The Sea Phantoms | City-State
Deep beneath the waves of this hex there stands a tall spire, raised from the sea floor, 40 feet thick at the base and 200 feet tall, rounded at the top and carved from top to bottom with skulls in an alien, geometric design.
Around this spire is a town of 1,500 sea phantoms, men and women of the Ethereal Plane with only the merest presence on the Material Plane. These people are not undead, but they are insubstantial and appear indistinct to people who dwell wholly on the Material.
These sea phantoms survive on the dying screams and lamentations of doomed sailors, though they are never the cause of these dooms. They merely float to the surface when they detect fear, and holding out their hazy hands collect these collected sufferings in the form of a black nodule that is not unlike a large, black pearl. They place these pearls, which exist on both the Material and Ethereal Planes, in the eye sockets of those aforementioned skulls. These pearls bathe the Ethereal Plane in a strange radiation which nourishes and sustains the enigmatic sea phantoms.
On the Ethereal, the sea phantoms appear as normal human beings with pallid skin, silvery hair and slate grey eyes. They dress in gauzy robes and carry thin silver swords and daggers at their sides to fend off ethereal marauders and other such dangers of their plane. On the Material Plane, they appear as vague, shimmering outlines of human beings, with eyes like faint lights gleaming through a thick fog, and their voices, normally quite distinct, sound hollow and wispy. Their buildings and houses look like white shapes seen through a thick fog bank, and feel to those on the Material Plane like cold, slushy water.
The sea phantoms are not evil, nor are they good. They want nothing from the Material Plane beyond the desperation of doomed men and women. They seek no agency over the material world, but are willing to communicate the secrets they have gathered to people if they are willing to pass through to the Ethereal Plane with rich gifts.
1719 Natanos | Stronghold
Natanos is a small fishing hamlet (pop. 50) on the shores of the Green Sea. The hamlet consists of several stone cottages on a gentle rise overlooking the beach. Within the hamlet on will find a mysterious staircase between two buildings. The stairs are painted many colors and seem to climb nowhere. Numerous orange cats sit on the stairs.
The cats are intelligent, and live with the sorceress Philia. The stairs head up to her tower, which is tucked between dimensions. The tower, if one could see it, is about 60 feet tall and pure white, topped with a conical azure roof. The interior is elegant and simple, with many bookshelves, blue carpets and furniture that is best described as “Danish modern”.
One chamber holds a small gallery of abstract art, all of it carved from blue stone, ranging from light to very dark blue. Another holds a pool of sea water and an elegant white boat – the pool serves as a portal to the sea, and is activated by pouring wine mixed with a drop of blood into the pool. All of the chambers equipped with floor to ceiling mirrors, for the only thing Philia loves more than her cats is her own face.
Philia is in the middle of the process of forging a magic staff, and she is using the pounding surf and sea winds to do it. The staff is being held by a living statue that she has sent out into the waves – only its forearm and hand, and the staff, are visible to those on the beach, and one might guess it is nothing but a bit of driftwood.
Lazy Saturday Post
March 19, 2016 August 25, 2017 / jstater
Just a lazy Saturday post today with a few preview locations from the next Og hex crawl in NOD 29. Pour yourself a drink and enjoy!
2913 Morgor | Settlement
Morgor is a mining village of 400 lanky hill dwarves and flinty gnomes. The dwarves of Morgor are more lively than most due to the positive influence of the gnomes and their hand organs. The warriors of the village, 20 dwarves and gnomes, wear bulbous helms and coats of mail and carry military picks and light crossbows.
The village currently looks abandoned, for the people have had to withdraw into their mine. They have been terrorized for more than a week by a weird sorcerer called Tall Darrow. The countryside around the main village is populated by 3,200 dwarf and gnome farmers. Many of them have fled the area and are on their way as refugees to Azsor. Many others are hiding in cellars or caves in the wilderness.
Tall Darrow has pale, waxy skin spread over his tall, thin form. He is capable of replacing his head with one of six others, all of them being the preserved heads of ancient sorcerers, and each having their own set of magic spells that they know. Each morning, the sorcerer can remove one head and then attach a new one – this can only be done in the first rays of dawn, and the process takes 10 minutes during which the sorcerer can do nothing.
Morgor’s ruler is the Lady Ymarr, a rough and tumble hill dwarf war-maiden with a pet winter wolf she rescued as a cub. The wolf is growing impatient in the mine, and is threat-ening to return to its naturally evil form.
Village Treasure: 850 gp, 2,500 sp, 13,000 cp, 2 fancy stones
3023 Gloomy Storm Giantess | Monster
There exists in this hex a pleasant hollow surrounded by tulip trees. In the midst of this grove there is a silver tube that juts up from the ground. Should anyone drop a gemstone down this tube, they will hear a hollow, echoing voice ask “What need thou know, friend?”
At the moment, a storm giantess by the name of Avnell is consulting the subterranean oracle about whether her lover will ever return from Utt, the City of Giants located far to the north in the White Mountains. She is quite distraught, which explains the gloomy clouds and temperamental rains that plague this hex at the moment.
If adventurers will promise to journey north and find her lover, the erudite storm giant Jondr, she will promise them the moon and the stars.
3109 Shadow Horses | Monster
A herd of shadow horses sweeps down from the hills at eventide, leaving crystal growths to grow behind them. These crystals last for 1d4 hours before they explode into a mist of negative energy that chokes and drains. The mist persists for 1d6 hours (or 1d6 turns if there is a strong wind, 10% chance). The crystals can be harvested and used to create magic items, but they drain 1 hit point (permanent) per day from any within 10 feet of them. The horses are heading towards the City of Sand and Stone [3403].
3429 Temple of Mental Fortitude | Stronghold
The Temple of Mental Fortitude is a strange place indeed. The “temple” consists of a thousand stone pillars of unknown height, emerging from a valley shrouded in chill mists. In the surrounding mountains dwell a flock of giant eagles. Seekers of enlightenment come to the lip of the valley and meditate for three days before holding up a golden offering to the giant eagles. If they are judged worthy, an eagle swoops down, grabs the monk with its talons (inflicting damage) and deposits them atop one of the icy pillars.
The pillars are about 10’ in diameter. There, the monk con-tinues his meditations for 14 days, eating nothing and hydrating himself on the ice that gathers on his pillar. This mortification of the flesh is intended to bring about enlightenment and mental fortitude. If they survive, they increase their Wisdom by 1d4, and reduce their Constitution by the same.
When a monk has finished his time on the pillar, he crawls to the edge of the pillar and leaps off. A giant eagle will either catch him and carry him back to the edge of the cliffs that ring the valley, or he plunges into the mists and is never seen or heard from again.
3631 Temple of the Fox | Monster
A crevice in this hex, narrow and spooky, hides a small temple dedicated to Ruch, the Fox Spirit of the Qum’al. The temple is carved into the red walls of the crevice, with a single small door flanked by bas-reliefs of fox women. The door opens to a tunnel entrance that goes back about 30’ into the cliffs, ending in a chamber 20’ in diameter with a 30’ domed ceiling.
The temple room is completely dark – magically dark – with a number of motes of light that resemble stars. These motes orbit the dome, moving slowly unless somebody attempts to grab one or interfere with one – then they scramble and swarm around the room at full speed.
Grabbing a mote (treat them as AC 25) causes a terrible burn (1d6 damage) and leaves a key-shaped imprint on their palms. If the key is made and one returns to the temple they will find it guarded by seven foxweres, lithe women wrapped in poly-chromatic veils that hide mithral mail shirts. They are armed two scimitars and can cast spells as 4th level druids.
In the floor of the temple there is a tiny hole, just big enough for a key. When a key created from an impression left by a mote is put in the hole and it is turned, the corresponding mote becomes larger as the key is turned, and becomes a portal into a vault buried deep beneath the ground.
These vaults belong to some of the greatest thieves in the world, and are guarded by death traps of their own devising. Here, they hid away their greatest treasure – their memories and true identities.
Have a groovy weekend. I’ll be back tomorrow with a Dragon review (I hope).
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There has been a broad change from personal to open-plan offices in workplaces. This change has had a profound impact on employees, as our Martela Insights database shows.
Martela Insights contains the evaluations of more than 5,200 clerical workers in Finland, Sweden and Norway on their workspaces and their suitability. According to the data, nearly 60 % of knowledge workers in the Nordic countries say that their work is interrupted either quite often or too often. For open-plan offices, almost 70 % of the respondents report such interruptions. The most typical causes are colleagues’ conversations and calls.
I’m often asked what you can do: should we return to personal offices?
That is unlikely to happen. The main reason is that the peace of a personal office can also be achieved in an open-plan one.
Rules are not enough without the right conditions
Open-plan offices have two main benefits over personal ones.
Firstly, open-plan offices typically require half the space of personal rooms. And when half of workstations are always empty, it is difficult to justify personal offices.
On the other hand, changes in the way we work do not favour separated work spaces. Modern solution-centric specialist work requires collaboration and continuous communication between people.
But the ways and methods of work that suit private rooms do not suit open offices. When conversations held within the confines of a room take place at workstations in an open office, they wreak havoc on concentration.
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The change may of course require a comprehensive reorganisation of the physical features of the office into different zones. But the project is in any case simpler and easier than getting rid of personal offices. Sometimes you can even use your old furniture; you just need to reshuffle it.
The new work environment of Felm (Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission) was planned so that it has dedicated spaces and areas for interaction and for work that requires concentration and quiet. These spaces area carefully placed so that the working café and the co-working spaces are near the entrance where people move around the most. The quiet areas are at the back of the office.
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In a well-planned activity-based office the soundscape is managed with different materials and elements. There is also a space for getting away from stress and recovery where you can take a moment’s rest or maybe create something with your hands.
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Sorting through boxes of papers has provided me a doodle. I already put the paper back in a box so my guess from the college ruled aspect is this margin sketch was produced during some class.
The Teen horror novel I've been tinkering with sprung from an old notebook. A page and a half of notes scribbled down sometime before I even met my wife.
From the drawing above I've scoped out three character names and three character designs, a bare bones scenario, and hatched a notion for a series of short books with illustrations.
Some sort of creepy, supernatural-themed detective agency is what I'm currently thinking. Our slouching, pimp hat bedecked dude from up top is named Rothchild. Of course, having the idea is always exciting. Surviving the execution is the trick.
Currently, Lucid is in two-day Kindle FREE promotion mode, and the book is listed on Awesomegang's front page.
In celebration, I've even foolishly unearthed the Publishers Weekly review.
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The Cost Of Your Meal
Hard to watch, but so much more important than embedding another Wattpad link.
That summer the big-internal-to-do (other than Ixtlan prepping to suspend operations) was the 'Intern Lunch'. Oliver would bite the bullet and for an hour play hostage to a rogues gallery of wet behind the ears sycophants.
Monaghan entrusted Travis and I with roping in supplies for the feast. Other than reminding us of the number of bellies likely to be present, no strict instructions were given. Napkins, utensils, paper cups, paper plates, it was just rudimentary arming up for the merry mastication in the offing.
Memory slips. The overflowing abundance of the party supply store shelves sources from hardware stores I visited with my dad. Also the orange-tinted lighting and the cracked cement floors. And I swear it was curbside parking even though the store was located in Santa Monica, not some downtown Los Angeles retailer bereft a parking lot. I remember the lunch was held in the conference room, but how many combined Illusion and Ixtlan interns? How long did the lunch last? Did it smell like unwashed armpits? Were any interns high on cocaine? Did Oliver actually make eye contact? With any one of us? And why should he have?
An appearance of interest in an intern, no matter how modest or simply polite, could blow-up. An Imagine-employed roommate of the company receptionist had provided specifics of a recent Ron Howard-experience. Ron slipped into the Men's Room. An Imagine intern followed Ron to the urinals. Now, did the intern actually produce a stream or did he fake it? - probably irrelevant. The salient fact remained that this mover-and-shaker pitched a project to Opie while Opie was attempting to drain his bladder. If interns shared this sort of thing with their pack, producers and writers and directors likely did the same. Oliver had every right to be wary.
Stunningly, I was verification of his unease. When it came to paper plates, what I secured from the party supply store Monaghan made me turn around and take right back.
They were teddy bear plates. They came with teddy bear napkins.
Monaghan couldn't voice specific reluctances. Pedobear was just a kernel buried in the consciousness of some future meme-creator. Back in the Nineties, a cartoon forest creature was a cartoon forest creature, not some cyber-agent mocking the dark persuasions of sewer-ridden souls.
Ixtlan/Illusion wasn't even wired for the Internet. It was a hard copy environment: the office closet shelves were jam-packed with screenplays and the filing cabinets bulged from internal memos and business files. When interns turned in coverage on screenplays, it was a printed out document. Paid professional script readers had to come to the office to pick up screenplays, and then would return their synopsis by courier or make the trip themself all over again.
My thought process at paper plate purchasing moment simply was this: Oliver would be stressed out thrown into a pack of 20-something jackals. He wouldn't prepare his own food. Someone else would do it for him. And when he got to the bottom of his plate, all the satiation from the grub would gain further heft from the image of some plump, stuffed, fuzzy little bear, mayhaps an instant new favorite playfriend more than ready to co-habitate a chamber in Oliver's memory palace. His unfettered joy might go so far as requesting knowledge of the plate purchaser, and who knows, I might've shot to the top of the intern horde (which I sometimes still imagine as a single-creature, a meat-Voltron, like the dueling communal creatures in Clive Barker's "In The Hills, The Cities").
Chastened, I returned to the party supplier and swapped out the teddy bear plates for the plain, white kind. The intern lunch went off free of any kind of obvious hitch. I retained my spot in the intern-horde, and far as I know, no one followed Oliver into the bathroom for a pitch-pee.
Like Fried Baloney On A Wheat Cracker
When the receptionist ate lunch, an intern filled in as point of contact. Only once in awhile would active wildlife ride the elevators to Santa Monica Square's top floor and roam the Ixtlan/Illusion offices.
One day this took the form of a guy selling memberships in an exclusive athletic club.
I don't think I was rude. Agreeably deflecting. Trying to appear agreeable a task given my default mug draws heavily upon German ancestry. Sullen, to be polite. It is the face requiring examination of your papers, and a verifiable explanation of how long you plan on visiting East Berlin. And vhy.
Poised on the industry outer rim I wasn't making a dime. Like most schmucks volunteered into the ignoble orbit I worked part-time. There was a separation between those experiences. The glamour and the grime. The seal proved permeable. The only Hollywood entity that I spotted both places was Kevin Smith - the former, slouch deluxe on a waiting room couch pre-meeting; the latter, pushing baby Harley around Brentano's display tables.
Intrusion, collision, chocolate bar going into the peanut butter, I was riding a Brentano's register when to my utter horror Athletic Club Membership Guy made a purchase.
We're talking probably three days separation from our last run-in. Simple pride prevented a reasonable acknowledgment that I worked at the bookstore and simply interned for Ixtlan. I wanted one-up on the guy. I denied our previous meeting even as I could feel a blush making me glow hot as charcoal briquets afternoon on Independence Day. The look the guy gave me was one of those over-the-top squint-eyed assessments people perform because they've seen that sort of thing on a screen and reactively apply it to their own life. Same thing happening today, the salesman might have whipped out his phone and snapped a picture of #thisdouche or just tweeted to followers about some pimpled pinhead with an unjustifiable ego.
Other memorable production company receptionist incidents include speaking to Tom Cruise (for all of three seconds!), and feeling completely trapped by Brett Butler cold-calling the offices seeking consideration for the role of Martha Washington in a rumored George Washington-biopic. If she was high as fuck, her Southern charms softened any bumps as she roped me into her ride with the white rabbit.
Throughout my life, when bored, even when not bored but listening to lecture or any kind of definable verbal ramble, I sketch. I'm listening. I'm paying attention. The sketching serves as pressure relief.
One fill-in hour, Annie - Oliver's chief assistant - caught me working on a masterpiece. She didn't yell at me. Ixtlan staffers were calm and rational. The Illusion staff were the screamers. Annie suggested that I put the drawing aside and read a script or something, try and look more professional. I didn't point out that if they wanted professional perhaps they ought to be reimbursing me for my time on the front line. Once she was out of sight, I continued sketching until the ink dribble felt finished.
To this day, I have no idea what this motorcycle tough has against the goddamn freak hairs. Perhaps it owes something to dietary and olfactory issues.
Zumwalt
A random aching of the heart necessitated a LiveJournal log-in. Miracle of miracles, it provided a link to my long deserted webcomic Zumwalt.
The strips look so basic yet were so time intensive. Six hours work each and everyone, easy.
This sketch represents one of hundreds that never got the proper Wacom treatment. Truth be told, the sketching was fun. The Wacoming beat the juice out of me.
Cloaked In Coward-Cloth
When the receipt contains a misspelling of your name, the likelihood that the entire operation is doomed veers up above 100%.
The flowers were delivered. She was out of town. Her ex- had flamed on to abusive and she rightly rocketed out of L.A. Returned, she found dead flowers. Probably worse than if her sister had just thrown the stinking rotten flesh out.
I can't remember if I drummed up the flower delivery specifically for her birthday or if flowers were a follow-up to the date we'd missed courtesy of Mr. Violent Ex-Boyfriend. It wasn't even a date. We were friends. Platonic. There were ways that might have changed, but I am proudly cloaked in coward-cloth.
The only instance evaporate I remember was standing in line at a McDonald's with her. The two guys in front of us couldn't help but stare at her chest. It irritated her. I didn't have anything in the quip queue other than: "Relax, guys. They're fake." Wisely, I left that one to gather dust in the silo.
Flowers have never been added back to my romantic arsenal. The worth in their fabled charms perennially distorted in the aftermath of a quiet, colossal calamity.
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Peepers, Prowlers, Pederasts, and Panty-Sniffers
The night I got locked out of Santa Monica Square, I slept inside an adjacent low-walled flower bed, close enough to the beach I could smell its pungent whang, equal parts-seagull, parts-piss, parts-pollution. Each time I'd punched in the security code trying to gain after hours entry, I was off by one measly digit. I couldn't get my car. I couldn't drive home. I wasn't even drunk. After bar hopping with a personal assistant I was just tuckered out. I slept in the flower bed, waking to fog thick as fire season smoke. Hours later, I went to a job interview on Wilshire, wearing the slept-in clothes. I didn't get the job, but I think I actually tried to participate in that one instead of skipping eye-contact and uttering single-syllable responses, my interview technique for a prior industry employment opportunity: a production runner gig on the blink-or-you'll-miss-it Almost Heroes.
If I'd had a succession of nights like that then I might qualify for living life like one of James Ellroy's L.A. characters. But that kind of sordid experience was the outlier. I kept my head down. I used my Ralph's card obediently. I looked like a freak walking places, but I didn't stick out plunged deep into the ever-replenishing thicket of perennial post-college, post-small town wanna-bes.
Ellroy was at the height of fame while I worked at Brentano's. Courtesy of the film adaptation of L.A. Confidential, the same grim though hip aesthetic of Tarantino's work leap-frogged. Ellroy yet another storyteller gifted in holding a mirror up to a sordid, corrupt society hopping with sex and violence and anti-heroes.
Right around his ascendancy from crime writer to personality, Ellroy came into Brentano's, an agent attached to his hip, performing a none-too-irregular author walk-in. Back in the late '90s the intersection of La Cienega and Beverly Boulevard provided estimable access to a broad swathe of book retailers. Brentano's inside Beverly Center. BookStar at Beverly Connection. A Borders a block down between W 3rd and W 4th St. The Mysterious Bookshop on Beverly, just west of the Tail O' the Pup hot dog stand (I'm not sure if it actually was a Tail; the only hot dog stand I ever ate at was the Pink's on Melrose).
Interactions with celebrities were part of the daily Beverly Center grind. Author interactions were the times where my heart went a-flutter and I forgot wordsmiths went to the bathroom just like normal stiffs, and some, like James Crumley, given that penchant for booze, probably with leagues more difficulty.
Wisely, I didn't so much as peep at Ellroy. Even though I owned several of his novels, I still hadn't read one lick of him. Conveying false familiarity and love threatens introduction to the tar pit. I'm still struck dumb remembering the Hubert Selby, Jr. interview where the 20ish interviewer admits he's seen Selby film adaptations only; he's never actually read the novels.
It's been years since I've seen a copy of L.A. Confidential other than the official movie tie-in trade paperback or the trade missing the movie promo, but sporting the same dark tidings crime scene photo. I snagged my yellowed paperback from a Pomeroy thrift store sometime within spitting distance of high school graduation. At the time I had zero knowledge that the cover girl was Veronica Lake homage. Courtesy a roommate with a Rocket Video membership, I watched Lake in This Gun For Hire and The Blue Dahlia. I don't remember if her estimable panache informed or warped my experience when I finally read L.A. Confidential.
Soured on Los Angeles, frequently embodying the drunk dick persona much to my housemates' dismay, I embraced the Missing Persons refrain "only a nobody walks in L.A". The Larchmont neighborhood was easy walking distance from the duplex. Funny thing about L.A., not only did almost no one walk, but all those beautifully manicured lawns were almost always unoccupied outside the landscaping outfits. One night far too deep into my angry young man constitutional to make it to a public toilet I made use of the bushes in one of those pretty, eerily still million dollar neighborhoods. Five minutes later, private security was pointing a flashlight beam in my face, wanting to know the p's and q's of my existence. By then I was up on Ellroy's biography and knew he'd spent years breaking and entering in such posh neighborhoods, exercising a penchant for rifling dresser drawers and performing ghastly acts upon undergarments. The real cops didn't show. The rent-a-cop drove off. Shuffling down the sidewalk, I probably entertained brimstone and apocalyptic finalities and more than likely shed tears over my lowly twenty-something existence.
Last I saw, Ellroy was living in Denver, this after abandoning L.A. for Wisconsin then moving back before breaking off for Colorado, attempting to get back in the good graces of an ex-wife. Los Angeles is deep cored in his bones. It's not enough to write about the place. He'll be back before he's in his grave. I don't know how he can stand not to be there. Less than five years residence under my belt and the place worked fingers into me no one and nowhere else has or will.
You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry
Two years ago I e-mailed Janna Malamud Smith, thanking her for writing My Father Is A Book: A Memoir About Bernard Malamud. She replied the very same day. Spin-your-head-turnaround in the 21st, the expected cyber-experience.
In 1988, roughly three years after I mailed comic book artist Sal Buscema a gushing fan letter backloaded with the whining request for a sketch of his signature character The Incredible Hulk, I received a note and autograph. Sal's reply was mailed to a Forest Service Ranger Station address invalidated not only by the steady slow crawl of three years time, but two family relocations, including a none-too-stimulating hop from rural eastern Oregon to rural eastern Washington.
Sal Buscema pencilled virtually every issue of The Incredible Hulk from #194 - 309. Enhanced by a love for the Lou Ferrigno TV show and brief ownership of a stretchy Hulk doll, The Hulk was my gateway drug into collecting comic books. Right around the time I started receiving a monthly box of the equivalent of crack cocaine from Westfield Comics, the much maligned pop art form, courtesy of such dark materials as Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, "grew up".
In 1985, my teenage brain wasn't properly suited to go all a-tingle from The Original Writer's dark spin on superhero teams (I continue to blame the soft bigotry of low expectations, my teachers' seeming rallying cry; my wife lists books force-fed her high school English classes; almost all titles as foreign and unfathomable to my God-fearing wheat field community as orbiting spy satellite). It wasn't until I was an adult, flipping through the coffee-table version of Watchmen that I was finally capable of comprehending the multitude of wonders the genre-altering 12-issue series contained.
Towards the end of Buscema's tenure on the green goliath, Bruce Banner took over control of the Hulk. Marvel heroes rejoiced, only to reel in horror as the supervillain Nightmare's dreamtime machinations undid the fix and unleashed a rampaging brute upon the Marvel Universe, leading to the Hulk's forced exile to a dimensional crossroads. Following DC's leap into more "adult" territory, came a revelation that Bruce Banner's mental issues sourced from an abusive childhood. This darkness after Buscema's exit, a tale more akin to a pre-Hellboy Mike Mignola's artwork than Buscema's tried-and-true workman-like efforts.
By the time Buscema's reply ended up in the mailbox, I was losing interest in collecting comic books. Movies were much more interesting. Late-1988 was a crossroads between the two art forms, and if you could believe Starlog and associated genre periodicals, all sorts of potential franchises were in play with Tim Burton's in-production Batman movie the mighty Everest amongst the array of tantalizing nerd-peaks.
So fallow my love for the form, I'd even stopped collecting The Incredible Hulk. By that time, the title was in Peter David's steady hands, but the abyss John Byrne and then Al Milgrom had deep-dropped the character down provided poor real estate for the repetitive though satisfying 'Hulk smash' tales that had initially drawn me in.
Roughly a year later I cancelled the comic book subscription service altogether. That would've been the end result even if Sal had thrown me a bone and included a Hulk sketch. Part of me remains tickled that some anonymous Forest Service employee put forth the effort to forward Sal's reply, and part of me still feels snubbed.
"I want that drawing of the Hulk" - not quite as catchy a phrase of violence-tinged melancholy as Better Off Dead's timeless "I want my two dollars" riff, but when it comes to the satisfactions and assurances pop culture provides, it remains a nerve-endings exposed hollow, needlessly, given the fact a Google search provides a plethora of Buscema-drawn Hulks ready for plucking.
It's the world wide web's gulpability factor that fans fan's flames. For free or for a Paypal purchase, I can get all the Buscema Hulk I can stand or afford. At the same time, if Sal had a Twitter or blog or Facebook, I'd expect if not outright demand personal connection. One wee drawing be-damned, I might reach a feverish pitch, expecting my affections repayment in a 'Like', a 'Reply', a 'retweet'.
Sadly, the kind of affection I still feel for Sal is on ready display given the gut-punch thousands feel at the all-too-soon passing of Preacher co-creator Steve Dillon. 2016, bad news wings its way to you the moment it happens. 1988, I would've only learned of a comic book artist passing far after the fact, and only if I looked in the few periodicals catering to my social subset: Amazing Heroes, Comics Buyers' Guide, The Westfield Newsletter, etc.
To hear of someone of Dillon's estimable achievements dying even a week after the grim announcement is unfathomable to this wired world. I speculate few could process receiving three years after the fact any sort of word from on high, better late than never acknowledgment of pimpled, braces-sporting worship.
A Dull, Greasy, Grey Pencil
This isn't the copy of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love I acquired from the WSU bookstore. That copy might've undergone so much underlining they didn't want it at sellback time. Which means, likely, my virgin copy of the minimalist prose masterpiece got shit-canned in Pullman way back in May 1995.
I took English 351 and 451 (Creative Writing) at WSU, both taught by Alex Kuo, highly accoladed on his own, but maybe more famous for helping corral the talents of a young Sherman Alexie.
Professor Kuo encouraged students to attend readings, fairly irregular events out in the wheat fields. Alexie showed up a couple of times, full of the angry young artist's required levels of piss and vinegar, but the event I remember with more authority was an appearance by noted hyphenate Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
Fully half his reading/talk was given in Russian. At the end of the night, Yevtushenko received a standing ovation, and the 40-year-old beside me kept yelling, "Encore! Encore!", which is fine, but A) Yevgeny's #1 Fan was balding while sporting what the politically incorrect would define as a 'fag tag', and B) was outfit in the fashion tragedy known as the fanny pack. And those "Encore! Encore!" shouts were ludicrously rabid, a sign, pondered upon all the evidence naked to the judgmental eye, of someone hoping to be noticed for their passion while likely not understanding one lick of Yevtushenko's native tongue beyond 'perestroika'.
Carver resonates with most readers as depressing, worse, his anthropological investigations into the tribe of the functionally alcoholic can strike like wet matches. The brilliant Karyna McGlynn has a poem (not that I remember the title) that proposes Carver's output comes to us courtesy (as I recall) of a dull, greasy, grey-leaded pencil.
Most of the class were goggle-eyed youth, the old farts mixed in almost all WSU staff taking advantage of their employee course-discount. One older female writer fell apart during the weekly round robin discussion of the story packets Kuo Xeroxed and distributed. Memory fails to provide particulars, but the gist of the tale was 'asshole abuser takes advantage of single mom and her child dies in some gruesome manner'. The writer's emotional disintegration centered on the fact what she'd lived through was being judged harshly although no one in the class suspected this was roman à clef. The story was just kind of there, crappy, stillborn, the same species of unremarkable output we were capable of both the first and last day of class.
What We Talk About was one of the only required texts for English 351. That Carver was dead didn't mean jackshit to me at the time. For another course, I was reading Kafka and Goethe. My presumption was colleges only force-fed the student body dead writers. In college, presumption fends off the burdens of most of reality.
Released to the wild, years crossed off the list faster-and-faster-yet, and a man barely 50 kicking off suddenly gathers mass, evidence to the insufferable random manner in which the Grim Reaper exercises her scythe. Carver's output is substantial, but comparatively woeful given what might have been. Blame his dull, grey excesses, the perpetual drunk's muddleheaded denial of evidence otherwise forecasting that the party is due a screeching halt, and so much sooner than you think.
Keep Your Head And Arms Inside The Mangler At All Times
I bought this copy of Requiem For A Dream at a thrift shop in Lewiston, Idaho some 16 years ago.
I'd bailed on Los Angeles (the fallout from that leap of depression still cropping up regularly by mention of any Wayans brother, Don Johnson, Oliver Stone, Waldenbooks, Larry Flynt, Richard Dreyfuss, Meredith Brooks, Hole, Matthew Sweet, Adam Duritz, Winona Ryder, Sean Penn, Lawrence Block, Gregory Mcdonald, Matchbox Twenty (and on-and-on-and-on...)).
My parents put me up. Every morning I'd drive to the local college library and work on a novel. For recreation, I kept driving from eastern Washington to western Idaho to visit a friend, an attempt to get my head straight.
You try moving from a population of 3.7 million back to wheat fields and single-lane roads and the disconnect and sense of alienness is on high heat. In fact, in many ways, it never heals. What pain time dulls is dwarfed by a persistent ache, a realization of the infestation of the never-ending what-if?, a distorted limb refusing to extend or adapt to therapies in ways the young won't comprehend until their very own trip through the mangler.
There was a female employee at the thrift shop (because isn't there always one in male-driven fiction or memoir-narrative?). She was so darned attractive it fluttered in my mind to move to Lewiston and I could get a job at the thrift shop. And she'd get to know me. And like me. And cue the happily ever after music and fade to black.
I bought the book. I never went back to the thrift shop. I never even read this copy of Requiem. When I finally went through a Selby-reading frenzy, I read the movie-tie in edition with Jared Leto on the cover (yet another cue for skating the thin ice, sourcing from watching Fight Club at LA's famed Cinerama with Jenna Elfman and friends sitting in the row right in front of me).
I've got too many books. More books than comic books. At least staring at the comic books doesn't ignite sad-assed copulation with days that used to be. More and more that's a wrinkled, dust-limned lady, her lungs drowning with detritus, walking slack every waking moment.
This Video Should Make You Weep
Does Donald Trump treat women poorly? Depends on who you ask.
What I find far more repellent and far more urgent a crisis is the suffering inflicted by egg-consuming, dairy-loving, meat-eating people.
That thoughtlessly cruel behavior is non-partisan and inflicts a greater horror upon this planet than either Presidential candidate could ever summon.
Exit The Skin Palace / Chapter 9
He's dead, Jim
First, excitement at blowing dust off a relic, but before long, a cold, harsh reality settles in. It's always a tragedy when a 2nd novel reads like it's a 1st novel.
For all the good stuff in The Colonists, there is too much dreck. The story is full of incidents and sitcom-like happy coincidence. There's no plot. The bikini barista obsessed with peak oil turns into a brochure for the issue. Peak oil talking points sound like talking points rather than dialogue.
I might pick choice pieces off the corpse and put them somewhere else. I might go crazy and rewrite most of it and try and put it in some kind of working order. But probably not. In consideration of near-50 chapters and 100,000+ words only bare bits hold up under the cruel light of objectivity:
Every chain died a death. Sears was dying. When he was a kid, he could remember getting Christmas catalogues. Poring over the toy section. Not only Sears, but JCPenney’s and Montgomery Ward. He wasn’t sure if either one of those other chains still operated. Trina said when the price of fuel hit a certain point the business model Walmart followed would fall apart. If importing the cheap plastic shit cost more than what the retail side was pouring in, the plug would be pulled. Someday it would happen.
He tried to imagine the parking lot, desolate, cracked, weeds burst up through the black asphalt. A dark dust coating the insides of the mammoth store space. The shelves emptied, maybe no shelves at all, or the shelving units still in place, sticking out like vertebrae within the torso of a long extinct beast which finally couldn’t keep pace with change. The cash registers, the emptied tills, the weekly entertainment rags still on display, but soiled, tales of plastic surgeries and weird sex and the weight loss tips, common concerns belonging to another era, another species almost. And all the mess inside, remnants of the ramble of humanity trying to stock up, store up quickly given the slow motion calamity finally broke into the consciousness, no longer a 'what if?' scenario brushed to the side by the three engines of deceit - the media, the government, and wanton consumer need.
It was hard to pinpoint when the worst times would be. The actual starving and murdering and dying or the recovery over the course of hundreds of years, the new normal unlike anything most could conceive. Trina had said that as calamity came down, people had a switch they flipped that allowed them to deny the very basic facts looming ahead of them.
Stan had done that. Losing the job. Heather halting the marriage not even a year in. A sliver of self admitted something unpleasant was occurring. A fattier portion of self denied reality, petitioned like a motherfucker for fabrication. At the last moment, his job would continue. Heather would hit the big green go-button and they’d keep on the path to wedded bliss. And at some point, that ignorant, self-blinding sort of self vanished, popped like a balloon, and reality settled in with that distinct dry sandpaper touch.
Out of sheer insanity, I'm going back through The Colonists, the first "adult" novel I finished. Posting the Sarah Palin pegging bit the other day put the manuscript back on my radar. Also, I'm sick of peddling pedestrian sketches. My poor ghost story characters are underserved by my not-so-pulse-pounding pencils (he sobbed and moaned). So far, The Colonists isn't all that bad. It's no great shakes, but I'm not wincing looking at scribble from 2012. Here's a wee bit from Chapter 9, our hero - Stan Kenmore - interacting with Mercy, one of the Cowgirls Coffee baristas:
Near the end of the day, Mercy walked past Stan, headed towards Plumbing Penguin. Wearing the knee-high boots with what looked like bulbous dragon eyes and a heel design like the tops of dragon teeth. It seemed each of her steps might leave a glowing, molten imprint in its wake. The underside of her behind squooshed out from the silvered, skin flush shorts. She pursued the incline toward the plumbing store in careful steps like she was climbing up an ice covered hillside in snow boots, all sorts of fractures evident in the thin ice. He wondered if she smiled for the Plumbing Penguin people. Salli said she’d seen Mercy be really nice, but it was usually to people she didn’t know all that well. Once she knew you, and knew what to expect in terms of disappointment, then the growling version of Mercy was unleashed.
Stan didn’t see her clamber down the decline, but turned toward her when the steps on gravel were near.
Walking back towards the booth, her hands were up messing with the knot keeping her hair up in back.
“You look like you ought to be in a rock band,” said Stan.
She shook her head, the hair coming loose.
"Fuck, motherfucker," she said. "I am a rock band."
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Exit The Skin Palace (Chapter 6)
Big Fat October Blah
I've got nothing to write since I don't even know if I'll ever finish/self-publish Exit The Skin Palace. I was going to write a 2nd book using the characters, but since the first book in the potential series could be a stinking heap, there might not be much point.
The 5-day long Kindle Select "free book" push for Lucid is due to kick off next week, but I'll be damned if I can find any sort of widget that differs that promotion from the normal widget.
In the interim, I'm busy sketching characters. Showing off my Fletcher Hanks-like drawing skills. That statement ill serves Fletcher. Dude could write and draw and actually complete things. One up on me.
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Chapter 4 via Wattpad Widget
The Little Trump
In the wake of the Access Hollywood "bomb", this election story - GOP Voters Want The Party To Stand By The Donald - confused me.
Until I performed a little self-research.
And repulsion followed.
I love Charlie Chaplin movies. For all kinds of reasons.
It might be in large part due to the fact that in my younger/more hopeful days, I regularly passed the old Chaplin Studios location on La Brea in Los Angeles.
Beyond that, the dude was a genius performer and genius filmmaker. As far as I can tell, Chaplin and Kubrick are at the tippy top of my own personal best-of-the-auteur heap.
Where it counts, when it comes to personal actions, moral decisions, what to do with your junk and who to include in those junk-decisions, Chaplin stunk up the joint. He sucked. He was akin to that old Hustler stalwart Chester the Molester.
There is little point in recounting what The Donald said. But what confounded me were his supporters standing by him, even after the release of the damning 2005 comments.
Until I realized even though I know Chaplin was a child rapist, I still hold his creative output in the highest esteem. And I shouldn't. But I do. But I shouldn't. But I do.
Chaplin is a product. The Donald is a product. Same way sausage is a product. And for years and years, I ate sausage. I didn't care what went into it. It was delicious. And then I began to actually value the lives of pigs. And so it changed. And now the only sausage I'll eat is plant-based. The same change should apply knowing what I know about Chaplin.
It could be that since Chaplin is dead, and the girls and young women he inflicted himself upon are dead, I don't feel a moral responsibility to cleave him from my realm of high achievers. His is a sausage fixed forever in space and time.
Which is bullshit. It only proves I am weak. It only proves that I am as loathe as all potential voters out there to admit my product has issues, is woeful/prosecutable in the way it exploits women, but I already fell in love with it. I willingly blind myself to the monster and slouch beneath the comforting weight of his mighty tentacles.
There's So
Twice in under two weeks I've committed the same crime.
First, in the manuscript for Exit The Skin Palace, I typed the following:
"Dawn. There's so many dead things here. Right here."
Word for Mac 2011 failed to highlight the horror.
Second, on my website, on the fetus-stage Exit page, I typed:
I'd call it a YA supernatural novel, but at this point there's so many four-letter words in the manuscript maybe I should think of it as a Teen supernatural novel.
Speaking of four-letter words, I aired several when it finally dawned on me that my apparent new go-to phrase 'there's so' is not only hideous, but that in at least the latter instance I signed my name to a crime the grammar police should forward to the proper prosecuting authority.
There's so = There is so. There is so = LOLcat.
An inability to write/type/edit worth a darn throws a woeful spotlight. I am tainted. Perhaps permanently.
Even worse, my two biggest Internet crushes are on David Foster Wallace YouTube interviews and any Merriam-Webster's Ask The Editor video featuring Emily Brewster.
I don't think either superstar grammarian would think highly of a would-be novelist incapable of taking the time to sound out sentences before committing them to the (digital/any) page.
Pegged By Sarah Palin
Lucid will be free on Amazon from 10/16 - 10/20.
Before and after, it's all of $.99.
The Lipless Gods remains FREE.
God knows what I'll do with Exit The Skin Palace once it's done.
Maybe I should post my unpublished novel The Colonists somewhere.
It does feature an otherwise unemployed woman paid to dress up like Sarah Palin and peg a guy. That kind of shit has resonance in an election year.
In fact, here's a choice selection from The Colonists. Enjoy:
“I can't collect unemployment, which you knew already," said Irene. "Dumbly, or hopefully, I quit my job in California and then moved here looking for something new. I knew the economy was stinking when I did that, but I had to. Fight or flight, you know? Now of course I can’t find work. My folks send me money, what they can, and my mom is at retirement age although given all the chaos in the world she isn’t comfortable not having a job. My brother is one of those people that thinks everyone should build a cabin and stock it up and learn how to kill animals and plant a garden and all that shit because the dice are rolling, rolling, and can only come up snake eyes.
“But anyways, in order to afford,” she motioned to the interior like a game show hostess, “all this splendor, I’m dipping my toes into the underground economy.”
“I’m not selling drugs.”
“Well that’s good.”
She took a big sip of water.
“Oh, hold that. After I tell you what I’m about to tell you you might think selling drugs is preferable.”
She told him about attending a Halloween party last year. She dressed up like Sarah Palin. Irene had a kind of square shaped face, the same hair color and hair cut, the same kind of body as the former Alaskan governor. She won some kind of stupid party prize, most desirable, basically, but put in a much more crass kind of way. So months later, she gets contacted by someone, friend of a friend of a friend, that had seen her at the party. This guy thought she was awesome. Awesomely hot. They met and he proposed a business deal of sorts.
“Once a week,” continued Irene, “I dress up like I’m about to address the party faithful, hair up, those glasses on, lipstick, nice businessy clothes, and when I get a knock at the door, I let this fella in, and maybe five or ten minutes later,” she paused for effect, “I’m pegging him. You know what that is. Do you? Of course you do.”
She swept her hand to indicate the living room floor.
“Right here. Right where those standing fans are. He would be facing my shins or if he looked over his left shoulder he could look you in the eye, say ‘Hi, Stan. Name’s Phil. I pay Irene $150 a session to fuck me in the ass with a strap on.’”
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Lucid is now in the process of being removed from Smashwords, Apple, Barnes & Noble, and any and all other e-retailers.
Except for Amazon. It is there for the having. $.99. 1/4th of a latte.
Once it's no longer available anywhere other than Amazon, I'll take advantage of the Kindle Select 'free book' promotion and it'll be available for free again.
I'm not sure what to make of the whole Smashwords v. Amazon hullabaloo. Lucid has been downloaded a healthy amount from the former platform, but the only review I've received is on the latter platform.
I like feedback. Feedback makes me feel less lonely.
Plus, I want to see if I can make more than lunch money on writing. If I can double my lunch money, that'd be something.
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Lindsey Turnbull cited in NBC Better article "'OK boomer' is dividing generations. What does it mean?"
"Lindsey Turnbull, 30, an entrepreneur who works with teen and tween girls as the owner of MissHeard Media, finds that, in general, boomers shun the concerns of younger people, pointing to their lack of experience in life as grounds for their dismissal.
“Gen Z are more compassionate and thoughtful with their language, [and in response] boomers decry them as PC police," Turnbull says. “Gen Z faces an unstable world due to climate and economic crises and the steady, visible rise of white nationalist populism. They feel boomers are not willing to acknowledge these real issues, let alone create solutions, and would rather chastise them for their age, looks or ability.”
Lindsey Turnbull featured guest on You Inside Out: UIO Podcast
"Amid concerns about teenage girls growing up too fast, Sonja Lewis has some straight talk with Lindsey Turnbull, founder of Miss Heard Media, about how girls can exercise their rights to rise above the pressures around body image, sexualization and all the rest.
The podcast offers advice and tips on embracing youth and setting boundaries to live your best life now.
A must listen podcast for teenage girls the world over."
Girls and Navigating Social Media with MissHeard Founder, Lindsey Turnbull on Raising Empowered Girls
Social media is ubiquitous in girls’ lives. Too often, parents are not sure what parenting technique to use, opting for a to much or too little approach, or brush social media off entirely- demonizing it or tells their daughters it doesn’t matter. These misunderstandings can cause friction between parents and daughters. Informing parents can only benefit them!
Listen to the full interview at Raising Empowered Girls.
History Graduate is Chosen for UCF 30 Under 30 for Impacting the Lives of Teenage Girls
One of Turnbull’s most pressing goals is to allow young girls to realize their full potential and help recreate the narrative for women that is often negative.
“I always wanted to work with teenage girls,” said Turnbull. “They’re often portrayed as frivolous, silly and catty and not the deep, curious, bright and wonderful people that they are.”
She began working with girls through the Young Women Leaders Program during her time at UCF. It was while working on her Master’s degree that Turnbull began to discover that women have played a significant role throughout American history. It was the first time she was exposed to a history that was inclusive, which Turnbull says is the case for most women. Many of the girls Turnbull worked with began to express an interest in learning more about women and their contributions, but weren’t being taught in school.
“I thought it would be so cool if girls could see themselves in History,” said Turnbull. “Girls should get to meet these women before grad school.”
Read the full story at UCF's Department of History Website
Q&A with MissHeard Media on GirlMuseum
"Girls history is American history. Period.
Too often girls and young women — especially marginalized girls — are not seen in American history. These stories should be told and girls deserve to see themselves represented in our nation’s history.
And not just for teens! A lot of the folks featured have largely flown under the radar in general. Some of the more contemporary folks might be completely new to adults! Do adults know that Yara Shahidi, of black-ish and grown-ish started Eighteenx18, a foundation to get 17-and 18-year olds to vote in midterm elections? Adults can learn too. You’re never too young or too old to learn something or raise your voice or make a difference."
Visit GirlMuseum to read the full interview!
Putting Girls in their Rightful Place in History on MakeMuse
MissHeard Media is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to support their latest endeavor. Click here to support.
Mr. Douglas O’Brien made history come alive. He made history interesting, exciting, animated, and most of all, relevant to my life. From his teaching, I learned how people, shaped by and shaping culture, made decisions that we’re still coping with today- for better or worse. Mr. O’Brien ignited my passion for the past; one I followed through college and into graduate school.
It dawned on me in college, and again many times during my MissHeard career, that many historical actresses were in fact teens and young women, although they were not thought of that way during their lifetime (or even in historical record).
Visit MakeMake to read the full article!
MissHeard Media Founder Wins 2018 30 Under 30 Awards from the University of Central Florida!
UCF Alumni announced the recipients of its fourth annual 30 Under 30 Awards on March 30. This year’s class includes marketing and communications professionals, entrepreneurs, engineers, software specialists, attorneys, education leaders, doctors, nurses, the youngest-elected Florida state representative and a football star, among others.
“This year’s 30 under 30 class is a group of trailblazing young alumni who have made an impact within their professions, communities, and this university in the early stages of their careers. The record-breaking accomplishments of this group are inspiring, and they rank as the best of the best from UCF’s accomplished young alumni base,” says Mike Kilbride ’12, chair of UCF’s Young Alumni Council. “UCF is a special place, and it is inspiring to see so many of our graduates building on their UCF experience to make an impact in our community and around the country. The entire Young Alumni Council is proud of this group of finalists, and on behalf of UCF, I extend my sincerest congratulations on this well-deserved accomplishment.”
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MissHeard Media featured in OUTFRONT Magazine
Much like the unexpected obstacle women faced two Novembers ago, MissHeard Media recently lost their website and all previously published work. But they will bounce back, just like women everywhere. We talked to Lindsey Turnbull, the company’s owner, about setbacks, following your dreams, and creating a voice for queer women in 2018.
Tell us about MissHeard Media. What is it, and what is your mission? What do you do to empower young women?
MissHeard Media’s blog gives girls a space to share their own stories, in their own words. We’ve had girls submit on every sort of topic, from fashion and TV, to surviving an abusive family member, to dealing with mental health struggles. Our workshops focus on building skills like leadership, advocacy, and community.
Ultimately, I hope MissHeard Media will foster compassion, empathy, and critical thinking skills in teen girls.
Read the whole interview here!
She wants to make sure girls' voices are heard- The Laker/Lutz News
Lindsey Turnbull, a former resident of Land O’ Lakes, has been named one of the University of Central Florida’s 30 Under 30 alumni award winners.
Turnbull was recognized for her work as the founder and CEO of MissHeard Media, a platform that offers teen girls the opportunity to elevate their voices and to create community.
MissHeard Media is an outgrowth of Turnbull’s experience at the University of Central Florida, where she worked closely with teenage girls.
“What I really discovered was that all of these teen girls were really smart and funny, and had all of these really interesting things to say, but nobody was really asking them what they thought,” Turnbull said.
“I thought to myself: One day, I’m going to do something so everyone will know how awesome teen girls are,” she said.
That day came sooner than she expected.
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MissHeard Media Founder on Bloom Journal
I always knew I wanted to make a mark on the world somehow, someway. I’d shape young minds as a teacher or professor, enact helpful policy as a politician, or write the Great American Novel. What idealistic kid doesn’t want to leave her mark on the world? In college, I decided I wanted to change the world by studying the past.
I busted my butt and earned dual degrees in History and Anthropology. I joined the Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP) as a big sister mentor. The YWLP matched collegiate mentors with middle school girls to build relationships while fostering autonomy, community, and competence. It was truly a life-changing experience; I learned what valuable female friendships were and took on new challenges as I moved up through the ranks, becoming a group facilitator and eventually the program coordinator. Mostly, I learned how amazing, brilliant, funny, and insightful teen girls are.
To date, MissHeard has published nine digital magazine issues, maintained a daily blog, grown a large and engaged social media following, and presented workshops to teen girls and parents alike. We’ve developed amazing partnerships, attended some fantastic conferences, and have had opportunities I that I had never imagined.
When I couldn’t find a job after school, it felt like every door slammed shut and bolted in front of me. I felt like an utter failure, but I refused to admit defeat. Down, but never out, I used my toolkit to construct a whole new door. I didn’t fail, I’m simply carving a whole new and exciting path.
Read the whole story over at Bloom!
MissHeard featured by Empowered Women International!
We're so thrilled that Empowered Women International chose to feature Lindsey Turnbull and MissHeard on their blog and in their newsletter! Keasha Lee Ince, owner of Striking Statements, interviewed Lindsey about how MissHeard got its start, and how EWI helped her on her journey.
Here's a snippet of the blog:
“I started MissHeard Media in 2013, after I earned my MA in history and moved from FL to DC in hopes of finding the perfect museum job,” Lindsey recalls. “But the sequester made it difficult for finding work and I realized I missed the teen girls I worked with when I was a part of a teen mentoring program (Young Women Leaders Program/YWLP) in college.”
During Lindsey’s time with the YWLP, she witnessed how smart, innovative, and funny the girls were and recognized that there wasn’t enough focus on these aspects of teen girls in the media and society at large. “I wanted to give them a platform to share their unique stories and connect with one another. I wanted to help them sharpen the skills they will use every day as they journey towards adulthood,” she said.
Read the full post here!
Founder Lindsey Turnbull to speak at 1st BRAVE Summit!
Hosted by Unleashed NYC
I'm so excited to announce that I'll be speaking at the first ever BRAVE Summit on behalf of MissHeard Media! Please join me and a host of amazing speakers, including supermodel Emme, TV personality Contessa Brewer, Unleashed founder and author Dr. Stacey Radin and dozens more on November 5th at Fordham University Lincoln Center in NY, NY!
I (Lindsey) will be sitting on a panel called Brave Voices: Powerful Communication with high school junior Hallie Fawer and participating in lunchtime speed mentoring!
MissHeard Featured on Huffington Post!
Hooray! Today is an exciting day because MissHeard Magazine got a featured write up on Huffington Post Impact! MissHeard, along with BeGirl, NFCC International, and Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. We’re so thankful to Huffington Post and Sarah Hillware, of Girls Health Ed, for highlighting these organizations!
Read about MissHeard and check out the whole article here.
Lindsey Turnbull founded MissHeard Magazine after graduate school, while she was looking for jobs. She credits the Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP), a mentoring program, and says that her inspiration came from her involvement with YWLP throughout college. During her time in the program, she realized that if you asked teen girls what they thought, they had a lot of brilliant ideas. Most teen magazines she saw and read as a teen did not address the diversity of teens, and when they did, there was little or no space for girls to share their own experiences. She thought girls deserved that space.
MissHeard Magazine is submissions based, so the majority of the content on the blog and in the quarterly magazine is written by teens and young women. In her mind, creating this space for girls to share their diverse experiences will lead to girls understanding one another better. Turnbull hopes that this understanding will carry on into adulthood and help women to change the world!
We couldn’t be more excited!
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You are here: Mobility Arena » News » Delaware State to get mobile driver license app
Delaware State to get mobile driver license app
Written By MobilityArena. Last updated: March 15th, 2018. Originally published on March 15th, 2018.
The mid-Atlantic state of Delware in the USA has announced the introduction of a mobile driver license app. The new mDL will be put to test in a 6-month trial run that will involve about 200 employees of the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles.
The pilot run of the new mobile driver license will allow the state to find out the issues that using a smartphone app as driver’s license will bring up, so those issues can be ironed out before the app is made available for use by the general public. Here is a screenshot of what the driver’s license looks like:
Features Of The Mobile Driver License App
Features of the mDL app will include:
Enhanced privacy for age verification – no need to show a person’s address, license number and birthdate, the mDL will verify if the person is over 18 or 21 and display a photo.
Law enforcement use during a traffic stop – the mDL will allow law enforcement officers to ping a driver’s smartphone to request their driver’s license information prior to walking to the vehicle.
Business acceptance – understanding how businesses that require identification or age verification interact with the mDL will be advantageous throughout pilot.
Ease of Use – ensuring the mDL is able to be presented to any organization without difficulty.
Secure access – the mDL is only unlocked and accessible by the mDL holder. The mDL is accessed through an app on the owner’s smartphone and is opened/unlocked by entering a user-created pin number or using facial recognition.
Delaware is one of the first US states to test mobile driver’s license. The benefits of an electronic driver license of this sort include: lower costs, easier updates and logistics, as well as better security.
Mobile Driver License App
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Facebook launches mobile app for Express Wi-Fi
Wow! This is unbelievable. Almost everything in this world has turned to mobile digital now. So much to do on mobile phone. Let’s see how it turns out after the trial and if it turn out fine, are we going to have such development in Nigeria?
ZIONOVIC says:
Nigeria is a no go area for now, we struggle virtually on everything good.. Ordinary pvc and national id with a chipset is a problem.
The world is moving very fast, and our phone is continually becoming integral part of us..
Samzy says:
Hmmm…. They keep pushing the boundaries of tech in any way possible.
I just feel the issues of relying solely on an app for licensing and identification.
I have my reservations, and we know how pin numbers are easily hacked now
Kay_Smyles says:
Cool. I should believe there’s a way to verify someone that probably lost their phone or didn’t go out with it?
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Insider’s Perspective: The 2008 Democratic Iowa Caucus
By Carolyn Cole
Political pundits are promising the 2008 presidential race will be one for the record books, and kicking off the official delegate-winning activities was the state of Iowa, home of the year’s first caucus.
Iowa’s Republican caucus uses a straw poll, and therefore resembles the primary system used by a number of other states. But Iowa’s Democratic caucus is a literal scramble for delegates that takes place in dozens of school auditoriums and similar venues throughout the state on the chosen night in January. Supporters of each candidate gather together and try to persuade other participants to join them. Candidates with too few supporters become “non-viable,” and their supporters may choose to join another camp — after being vigorously wooed, of course.
Carolyn Cole, VP of corporate communications at The VGM Group in Waterloo, Iowa, was a Democratic caucus participant in a year with record turnout. Her caucus night reflections:
• Participation was extraordinary: “Black Hawk County’s suffered from massive disorganization. Organizers claim they expected the same numbers they had in 2004. Didn’t it occur to anyone that the media hype alone would drive voters out in record numbers? Iowans don’t care about cold temperatures in January — it’s supposed to be cold then.”
• The start was civilized: “I attended a Democratic caucus at a school near my home. I went an hour early to change my voter registration so I could participate. Ward 2-Precinct 6 voters were crammed into a science classroom. Thank God there was a school district employee there, who opened up the empty school auditorium so all 202 of us could go there. It was not a particularly boisterous crowd. There were some old hands who’d obviously been caucusing for years. I sat next to a woman who had never attended before. The last time I caucused was 20 years ago — for the other party. Boxes of cookies and crackers were passed back and forth.”
• Then things heated up: “People were anxious to get down to business. I was one of the three supporters of Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd, so I became non-viable in a nanosecond. Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Bill Richardson were also immediately non-viable. All three groups of supporters were courted heavily by the viable candidates’ spokespeople. It became almost humorous listening to their pitches. Within a few minutes, everyone had joined the (Barack) Obama, (John) Edwards and (Hillary) Clinton camps. I was part of Hillary’s group.
“The final tally was Obama, 83 and 3 delegates to the state convention; Edwards, 72, 2 delegates; and Hillary, 47 and 1. Do not ask me how to do the math. It is complex and esoteric and Democratic with a capital D.”
• What she learned: “You can never predict what Iowans will do. It doesn’t matter how much money you spend or how many annoying robo-calls your campaign makes. Before the event, I (said) it was too close to call. I was amazed at the outcome. I never thought Hillary would finish third. I never guessed that Obama would be first. (Mike) Huckabee’s victory was less surprising; his star was rising right before the caucuses.
“Of course, I will go caucus again. I’m a strong believer that those who don’t exercise their right to vote often get what they deserve.”
This article originally appeared in the March 2008 issue of Mobility Management.
Carolyn Cole, VP of corporate communications at The VGM Group
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mm476: The next Windy City?
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Two recurring themes on this site converge this week, as alternative energy, mainly windmills, and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, not a presidential candidate, occupy the same NYTimes story.
Bloomberg Offers Windmill Power Plan
By MICHAEL BARBARO | Published: August 19, 2008
In a plan that would drastically remake New York City’s skyline and shores, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is seeking to put wind turbines on the city’s bridges and skyscrapers and in its waters as part of a wide-ranging push to develop renewable energy.
The plan, while still in its early stages, appears to be the boldest environmental proposal to date from the mayor, who has made energy efficiency a cornerstone of his administration.
Mr. Bloomberg said he would ask private companies and investors to study how windmills can be built across the city, with the aim of weaning it off the nation’s overtaxed power grid, which has produced several crippling blackouts in New York over the last decade.
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mm448: Global warming: real but not catastrophe
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Politicians disagree. That’s not news — that’s politics.
Scientists disagree. That sometimes does not make the news. The flaming rhetoric gets the attention; the calm, carefully reasoned rebuttal is buried on page A22.
Or buried in a special interest magazine.
Found another such publication: Skeptical Inquirer.
Al Gore wants this country to totally migrate power generation from coal, like that sooty specimen above, to renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, in 10 years. A very Kennedy-esque proposal. Actually, Kennedy’s inspiration (or, at least, his speechwriters’) might have been Chicago visionary, and leading proponent of the Columbian Exposition of 1892-93, Daniel Burnham, who most famously said: “Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood…”
[Editor’s note: the paragraph immediately above is a prime example of this nanocorner of the ‘Sphere©‘s specialty: Sequitur Service©.]
Gore’s proposal of course is the follow-on to his environmental hobby-horse, sound-bit as global warming.
Not so fast, Al…
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The UNOFFICIAL Top 10 Songs of: One Off ‘The Muppet Show’ Characters
Jarrod Fairclough / March 5, 2016
Jarrod Fairclough – When the Kieran is away, the Jarrod will play! Yes, Kieran Moore, our usual ‘Top 10’ guru is not in this week, as he’s off galavanting in Los Angeles, rubbing shoulders will the stars, like Kirk Thatcher (that’s actually true. Well, they hung out, I don’t know if they literally rubbed each other’s shoulders).
Therefore I am stepping in, and giving this whole ‘Top 10’ list thing a go. I’ve chosen a topic Kieran and I have discussed a few times over the past 12 months, that is – One-off characters from The Muppet Show. I’ve cheated a little, in that some of these characters made appearances in the background of other episodes or productions, but made no other significant contributions to any sketch/episode. Also, this is way harder than I thought it’d be, so there’s a few at the beginning here that are pretty much just there to make up the numbers! Let’s begin, shall we?
10 – She Loves You – The Bug Band – Season 4, Episode 7
The first one here was a last second addition, when I couldn’t be bothered searching high and low anymore for one-off characters! It’s always a pleasure hearing The Beatles sung by Muppets, which has been done a lot over the years in both The Muppet Show and Sesame Street. It’s also always great hearing Steve Whitmire sing. He’s got a decent set of pipes on him, and any time we hear him sing as himself (or close enough to it) it’s always a treat. They’re interesting puppets, the Bug Band, I’m not sure what could have been done with them besides this song.
9 – I’m So Happy – Gloomy Whatnots – Season 5, Episode 23
This song might be the only official one on this unofficial list, as it was the only one Kieran suggested be added. Two doomy gloomy and pretty creepy Whatnots sing a song about happiness, while covered in dust and cobwebs, a little like my Grandmothers attic. Jerry Nelson takes the lead here as the grey Whatnot, and it’s such a pleasure hearing that voice again. Jerry was the best singer the franchise has ever had, and if you haven’t listened to his album Truro Daydreams, then you’re missing out! You can still purchase it now on iTunes and Amazon.
8 – The Windmills of Your Mind – Screaming Thing – Season 2, Episode 1
I love second seasons of shows. Don’t you love second seasons of shows? I sure can’t wait for the second season of The Muppets on ABC that hasn’t been announced yet but should because we all know it deserves it. This song is actually the first of two from this episode in this list, and another Jerry Nelson song! My favorite part about this song is the puppetry of the spinning legs. It’s such a simple gag, with three bent legs spinning at full speed. I also love those quick lyrics, reminiscent of a Gilbert and Sullivan song. How many times do you think Jerry had to record without accidentally mucking it up? My guess is one, because the man was the ultimate professional!
7 – Sweet Gingerbread Man – The Gingerbread Men – Season 2, Episode 1
And here’s the second song from that episode, featuring large dancing Gingerbread Men, and a cute little Gingerbread puppet, performed by Frank Oz. The Muppet Wiki article for this song states that it’s the only time Frank sang lead vocals for a one-off character, but I disagree, and you’ll see more on that at my Number 1 song! It’s an interesting voice that Frank uses for this song, it’s almost a little child voice, but I still wonder if it’s actually how Frank sings in real life. I can’t imagine those Gingerbread Men costumes were much fun to dance in.
6 – Gargling Gershwin – Angus McGonagle – Season 4, Episode 17
How could we talk about one-off characters and NOT mention Angus McGonagle, the Argyle Gargoyle? My predecessor, Ryan Dosier, had a strange fascination with this guy, one that even he couldn’t explain when I asked him to. He appears in our websites current header, and Ryan’s constant pestering even had Angus added in to some of the Muppet comic books a few years back. Introduced as the original guest star for this episode, he is quickly replaced by the cast of Star Wars, until Luke’s cousin Mark Hamill agrees to gargle Gershwin with him! He’s a great Jerry Nelson character, the fourth so far on this list, but not the last!
5 – Time In A Bottle – Chemist – Season 2, Episode 7
Our first Jim Henson song on the list! This is such a sweet song, about the passing of time, and wishing there was more in this life. It’s quite poignant seeing as Jim passed away at such a young age. The Chemist pulls a Benjamin Button as he ages backwards, starting as an old man, eventually becoming a young teenager, but one potion too much destroys the process, reverting him back to old man status. We get a bunch of different Jim voices in the number. As the age varies, so does the voice. It’s very effective. This song is currently used in an ad here in Australia, and every time I hear it I think ‘I prefer Jim’s version’…
4 – Pachalafaka – Tourist – Season 1, Episode 3
The earliest song on our list, this is another great Jim Henson number. He plays a tourist who travels all over Turkey, meeting gorgeous women, all who whisper ‘Pachalafaka’ at him, even though he has no idea what the heck it even means. Of course, our one reader in Turkey could probably tell you that it means nothing – it’s a nonsense word. There’s some debate online that it probably means ‘transvestite’, because of the revelation at the end that the girl he’s been singing to is in fact a man. It certainly would make sense, but a Google search doesn’t yield any results. Jim sounds so happy and natural in his voice, and as this was one of the first episode to go in to production after the series had been picked up, the excited nature Jim had comes across.
3 – Turn The World Around – African Masks – Season 3, Episode 14
Although this song is actually performed by Harry Belafonte, the African Masks add a lot to the number, and were designed and used for this song alone. This is one of the most important songs in Muppet history, and is often cited as one of the best moments in the franchises history. The amazing non-Muppety-looking Masks are so effective, and the puppetry is just incredible. Jim Henson loved this song so much that Harry Belafonte sang it at his funeral. The song talks about the reliance we all have on each other in this world, and it’s something that a lot of people in this world need to hear.
2 – For What It’s Worth – Opossum & Wildlife – Season 2, Episode 21
This song might just be one of my favorite Muppet songs ever. Jerry Nelson does such an amazing job with this small voiced creature, but it’s so powerful. The puppets used for this range from realistic to slightly cartoony, and the hunters are typical over the top Whatnots, contrasting nicely between the real world and the artificial (that’s so deep – why couldn’t I be that deep in Literature class in high school?). I’m a staunch believer in Animal Rights, perhaps that’s why this song hits home so much. I associate (loosely) with a friend who hunts, and it makes me sick every time I hear about it. I might be turning in to Ricky Gervais… I am an atheist, after all…
1 – Hugga Wugga – Hugga Wugga, Iggy Wiggy & Thingy Thing – Season 1, Episode 18
One of my absolute favorite Muppet clips from all time is this one – Hugga Wugga. It’s the song I requested when I guested on The Muppetcast a few months back, and it’s the song I listen to when I don’t know what to listen to. It’s also where my query with Frank Oz’s one-off lead character comes from, as mentioned in Number 7. Frank plays Hugga Wugga here, who is obviously the lead character, therefore making the Muppet Wiki article on ‘Sweet Gingerbread Man’ wrong – Can someone smarter than me edit that?. This is also the only appearance of John Lovelady on the list, and possibly on any Top 10 list (I could be wrong). John was a great performer who was around a lot during Season 1, but then left to work on other projects. Also, the Thingy Thing is actually known as ‘Happy Yellow Creature’ officially, but due to his appearance in Constantine’s ‘I Can Get You What You Want (Cockatoo In Malibu)’, he’s always going to be known as the Thingy Thing. He’s also another Jerry Nelson character, and a great little puppet. Hugga Wugga might be one of my favorite designs though, with his smoking nose and giant eyes. Whoever designed him with those palm tree fronds had clearly inhaled too much of that smoke from his nose!
So there we have it! An unofficial Top 10 list of one-off characters from The Muppet Show. Let’s look at some stats like Kieran sometimes does, shall we?
Jerry Nelson performs in 7 of these songs. It could be because he played so many Whatnots, due to his lack of main characters.
Jim Henson sings in 2, as does Frank Oz.
So all that’s left to do is thank the performers, like Kieran always does. Thanks guys, for bringing to life so many wonderful one-off characters over the years, and for introducing us to some songs that we otherwise probably wouldn’t have ever heard otherwise!
Kieran is back next week (I think) to continue on! Thanks for letting me sub in just this once – it was a lot of fun!
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The African Masks did turn up briefly as bit characters in Episode 4-12. (A little disappointing, I thought. I would have rathered they were kept ‘special’.) http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/African_Masks
Also, I like to refer to the Thingy-Thing as “Sunshine”. All the other creatures are named for their songs; it makes sense!
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Opposition weighs in on battle over Longueuil, Laval tax hikes
"The minister is right: Citizens aren't morons. They have long understood that there is no tree behind city hall growing money when we have to absorb budgetary compressions," she said.
Geoffrey Vendeville, Montreal Gazette
Quebec Municipal Affairs Minister Pierre Moreau. Jacques Boissinot / THE CANADIAN PRESS
In its spat with Laval and Longueuil, the Couillard government is trying to shift the blame for tax hikes onto municipalities, the official opposition said Thursday.
“I find it insulting to taxpayers. They are taking us for idiots if they think we don’t know the hikes are due to the Liberal Party and the bad decisions they have made,” interim Parti Québécois Stéphane Bédard said.
Quebec Municipal Affairs Minister Pierre Moreau threatened to withhold transfer money from Laval and Longueuil unless they back down on tax hikes. The cities’ mayors blamed the hikes — of 3.2 per cent in Laval, and 3.9 per cent in Longueuil — partly on a $300-million cut in provincial transfers to municipalities, announced in November. Laval’s transfers were cut by $10.7 million and Longueuil’s $5.5. million.
At the time, Moreau said municipalities could tighten their belts without loading costs onto taxpayers.
He warned the mayors of Laval and Longueuil this week that he would re-direct some of their cities’ transfer money to residents to make up for any tax increase.
“Nobody believes that,” Bédard said. “I urge people not to cash that cheque before Christmas.”
Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault accused Moreau of “engaging in theatrics when he says that he will send cheques to taxpayers, one by one.”
“It makes no sense. I can’t make heads or tails of it,” he said.
Laval and Longueuil’s mayors shot back at Moreau at a news conference Thursday with the president of the Union des municipalités du Québec, which lobbies on behalf of 300 cities and towns.
“I won’t surrender to intimidation or blackmail — even less to threats,” said Longueuil Mayor Caroline St-Hilaire. “Pierre Moreau insulted the population of Longueuil. He is of the opinion that I can’t manage, that I spend too much. Does he want to compare our budgets?”
Laval’s Mayor, Marc Demers, said Moreau appeared to be trying to put his city under trusteeship.
UMQ president and mayor of Ste-Julie, Suzanne Roy, said she was outraged by the municipal affairs minister’s remark that mayors are “taking people for morons” by blaming Quebec for raising taxes.
“The minister is right: Citizens aren’t morons. They have long understood that there is no tree behind city hall growing money when we have to absorb budgetary compressions,” she said.
Moreau stood by his comments when questioned by reporters in Quebec City on Thursday.
“It’s not interference. I have a duty,” he said. “I’m transferring this year $3.2 billion to the municipalities. That $3.2 billion comes from taxpayers’ pockets. I want to make sure it is spent in a municipality where the effort is made within their capacity by lowering their expenses or using their surpluses.”
Laval has a surplus of $117 million while Longueuil has one of $17.5 million, according to the municipal affairs ministry. Laval’s mayor has said his city’s surplus should be invested in infrastructure.
Quebec slashed its transfers to Montreal by $75 million. Mayor Denis Coderre increased taxes by an average of 2.2 per cent, but appears to have escaped Moreau’s wrath by not attributing the hike to the cut imposed by Quebec.
J’apprécie ma présidente de UMQ Suzanne Roy et le min Moreau, Cette confrontation ne fera pas de gagnant ,Nous avons intérêt à nous parler — DenisCoderre (@DenisCoderre) December 11, 2014
Coderre extended an olive branch via Twitter on Thursday. “This confrontation won’t make any winner,” he wrote. “It’s in our interests to speak to one another.”
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Geoffrey Vendeville is a reporter in the Montreal Gazette’s Quebec bureau.
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Bitcoin has fallen to its lowest point since November and will probably be totally wiped out
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Will investors support bitcoin to continue? The trouble is that we don’t know who owns it. A huge amount of energy has gone into uncovering ownership but most names remain concealed
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Neil Hamilton’s Ukip supergroup – alt-right Led Zeppelin or white supremacist A-Team?
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England’s World Cup team is like Brexit – we’ve all given up, so now anything’s a bonus
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Mr.Children are Sakurai Kazutoshi, Tahara Kenichi, Nakagawa Keisuke, Suzuki Hideya.
Perhaps one the most important posts that I ever write…with that thought…a deep breathe… The numbers speak volumes, but more importantly the music tells the tale of one of Japan's premier groups. But to label them in a particular genre of music, quite impossible, for theirs is a journey that has gone full circle and I have no hesitation in drawing an analogy to The Beatles. Mr.Children debuted in 1992 with "Everything", an album that would forever connect producer Kobayashi Takeshi to a career that has now produced 16 albums & 31 singles and to consider him the fifth band member is not a stretch by any means. The fan base that Mr.Children has earned through incredible writing, production, and presentation is staggering as they stand 2nd all time in Japan in overall sales and hold the same position in regards to album and single sales, both of these categories seeing them with million unit sales numbering in at 10 releases respectfully. But perhaps the most impressive stat lies in their 27 consecutive #1 singles, an amazing streak that is still current! While Japan's music industry sales have indeed declined over the years along with the rest of the world's markets Mr.Children continues to produce impressive numbers with their last 6 singles selling in excess of 773,000…925,000…419,000…740,000…320,000…and 368,000 respectfully. And the accolades don't end there as Mr.Children has also captured Japan's "Record Grand Prix" award twice! First with just their 5th single release "Innocent World" and for a second time in 2004 with "Sign."
Sakurai Kazutoshi
The genius and ability of Sakurai Kazutoshi was evident from their very first single "Kimi ga ita natsu" which showcases his uncanny ability of producing a perfect song structure, infectious melody, and heartfelt lyrics. As Mr.Children's album releases progressed, so did Sakurai's writing skills and to it an added new approach and thinking was always in constant change. The world is blessed with those few individuals capable of such an art that it breathes perfection and awe where others can only hope to ascend to. Sakurai is truly in this light and is with the exception of just a few songs, Mr.Children's sole music composer & lyricist. The pairing with exceptional producer and composer Kobayashi Takeshi makes for a match of perfect harmony and perhaps their meeting was fate calling.
Mr.Children "Bolero" (jacket scan)
Through the years Mr.Children has undergone only a single hiatus for one year that occurred after the release of "Bolero" and it's ensuing tour. And from that a fully charged and refreshed group returned along with Sakurai's return to his perfected craft, renewed just when the "circle" had perhaps seemed complete…but yet diversity never sleeps and neither does Sakurai's talent. Exploring known facets as well as breaking new ground in music's vocabulary has been his longtime approach and with this a path through The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, among others are evident in his works but never one to just replicate, Sakurai's vision has always been to make it his own.
My Mr.Children single collection
To say Mr.Children is one of my favorite bands is an understatement as they are indeed my all time favorite band! My first exposure to their music came when a fellow worker had one of their songs playing in his car while giving me a ride home one day after work. After a short while I had to ask who was playing and the rest is as they say history. 🙂 At the time "Atomic Heart" was their latest album and so began my backtracking from there and my goal to acquire all of their works…luckily everything was still in print! Above is my Mr.Children single collection consisting of 29 singles and just 2 exceptions to note are the absence of 2 of their singles: "Replay" and "Crossroad", both of which are included on albums along with their respective b-sides. I do however hope to one day add these 2 missing singles to my collection as then it may be called officially complete although I am currently not missing any songs due to their absence.
My Mr.Children album collection
Above is my complete Mr.Children album collection which includes all 16 albums. The album pictured furthest down is actually a compilation in tribute to Ozaki Yutaka, another one of my J-Pop loves. Mr.Children performs an inspired new interpretation of his classic "Bokuga bokude aru tame ni." A great thing to note about their albums is that beginning from just their 2nd album "Kind of Love", the overall style of every succeeding album introduces a new aspect and approach to the songwriting and instrumentation is also explored further.
My Mr.Children visual collection
These next 2 photos include my Mr.Children VHS (some of their releases haven't made it onto DVD yet!) and DVD collection. Most are concert releases along with a pv collection (which is hopefully updated one day soon!) and 2 documentaries. "[es]" covers their "1994 Tour Innocent World" & 1995 "Tour Atomic Heart." With a running time of approximately 118 minutes the film provides a wonderful and in depth look at life on the road, recording, songwriting, and of course some great live performances along the way! Mr.Children's 5th single "Innocent World" was just released prior and this single proved to be a landmark one for the band as their popularity and overall success began to soar to new heights. The film's theme song "[es]~Theme of es~" sold in excess of 1.5 million copies!! The second documentary came in '97 with the release of the film "regress or progress '96-'97 DOCUMENT." Though it has a much shorter running time of approximately 47 minutes the film's coverage is perhaps even more in depth than its predecessor "[es]."
Performing at large venues is a constant when Mr.Children goes on tour…selling out the largest arenas in Japan and covering everything else in between. Their "Discovery" tour in '99 saw the release of a deluxe CD package (pictured 3 photos above) which was named "1/42" in its representation of a single show out of the 42 they had performed on this grueling tour. The set includes 2 CDs, an extensive booklet with lots of concert photos, and all of the lyrics from the shows' play list.
With the following pics I was trying to capture (albeit blurry :P) the incredible magnitude of some of these events. Their 2001 "POPSAURUS" tour saw the creation of a large Dinosaur skeletal structure surrounding the stage above as well as a massive tower mid arena (pictured below)! The tour's theme followed the release of their double greatest hits collections which covers their careers up to that point and with that the tour's play list was a sensational one including just about every Mr.Children song that a fan's heart could desire!
Mr.Children's latest concert release "Home Tour 2007" is a beautiful example of premium packaging…
Mr.Children "Home Tour 2007" DVD
…which includes a clear decorated slip case housing an impressive 2 CD set, booklet, and…
…a thick high quality puzzle which serves as the cover, also separately slip cased with a clear plastic bearing an additional outline design. At first the puzzle appeared to be missing the middle piece in a permanent sense, that piece being the symbolic shape of a "Home" but upon opening the release I found a little pouch labeled "Home" and within it the missing "Home" shaped piece is included.
Mr.Children "Home Tour 2007" DVD "
So with that the complete image of harmony and all that is representative of "Home" can be completed with this nice and very original touch! 🙂
Next are a couple of clips including a live performance of Mr.Children's beloved and timeless classic "Innocent World" along with a pv clip of their incredible song "Namonaki uta" which also served as a drama theme song for the moving series "Pure." For me it stands as one of the most perfectly matched closing drama theme songs of all time with the visuals and overall feel complimenting each other so perfectly and in complete harmony. "Namonaki uta" sold more than 2.3 million copies and is the fastest selling single of all time in Japan reaching the 1.2 million mark in just a single week!!
Mr. Children – Innocent World
名もなき詩 PV
Many fan sites offer excellent song translations of Mr.Children songs so be sure to check for them! Just to name a few (because I could ramble on forever otherwise!) songs such as "Kurumi", "Shirushi", "Sign", and "and i love you" offer a great look into the brilliance and heartfelt poetic words of Sakurai.
I've selected just a few songs from Mr.Children's catalog and with the help of 808Monkey they've been uploaded in an effort to help spread the love of their songs and hopefully further grow their fan base. Please enjoy these as they're just a few of my favorites! There's so much more to hear!! 🙂
"Hoshi ni naretara"
"Dakishimetai" Total sales: 60,790
"Innocent World" Total sales: 1,935,830
"[es]~Theme of es~" Total sales: 1,571,890
"Namonaki uta" Total sales: 2,308,790
"Kuchibue" Total sales: 724,070
"and i love you"
"Sign" Total sales: 773,990
"Kurumi" Total sales: 651,696
"Shirushi" Total sales: 740,080
"Tabidachi no uta" Total sales: 368,288 (pending)
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HarimaKenji says:
I don't have much to say about Mr. Children since I've known them for less than a month… But I wanted to show you this screencap I took during their appearance on last year's FNS Kayousai, just after they finished playing Namonaki Uta. Nacchi was almost crying half of the time they were there. They played Tabidachi no Uta after that. Yaguchi was another one that looked particularly interested. I have the feeling you're not alone liking Mr. Children =P
Saburo says:
That performance of "Innocent World" was EPIC. Great stuff…
strawberrie says:
Never heard of Mr.Children but seems like you're a big fan. Hehe finally got my Junjun scarf but the sad part is that it is almost 70 degrees outside 😦
the quiet fox says:
I've known of Mr.Children for a while now (know some people who are big fans), but never really gave a listen to their stuff. The YouTube links sound good; I'll have to look into them further. Man, that back catalog must be hell for new fans/collectors to track down!
wu-san says:
@Strawberry: awww go on, still wear it…even if you get weird stares.
@MorningBerryz: I forgot to leave a comment here when I read through this post earlier. Oooops. Anyway, really enjoyed the write-up, and I think you did Mr.Children justice. To be honest I haven't listened to Mr. Children before, but I'm going to give them a go for sure. Another one of those bands/groups that I've always known about, but never given a try.
Ahhhh….I did see the FNS special with H!P members right up front in the audience and had noted it here but then my computer froze while typing this and when I rebooted I forgot to retype it in. It was an amazing performance and some of the older members appeared to love them too. It was kind of a surreal moment for me seeing H!P members watching Mr.Children! 🙂
paul.thomas says:
I remember going through the Mr Children DVD you sent me, but it was quite awhile ago, I'll make sure to give it another going over when I get back home. I was in Nakano Broadway shopping centre yesterday, they have a lot of second hand collectors shops in there and along with all the H!P stuff there was quite a few Mr Children CDs, as soon as I saw them, I thought you'd love to be looking through all these amazing CDs.
Hello Paul! Live from Japan! 🙂 We're normally not online at the same time due to the large time difference in the UK and Hawaii but now that you're in Japan I think you're just 4 hours behind but it's the next day. I do hope that Mr.Children grows on you!! Ah it'd be great to browse the selection and maybe I'd even find the 2 singles that I'm missing. Sounds like you're traveling quite a bit on this trip. I can't wait to see all of the photographs that you've taken and thank you so much for shopping for me while you're there! 🙂
There's nothing like Mr.Children live! 🙂
strawberrie I hope that you will give them a listen when you have time. Hmmm…it would be strange to be seen wearing a scarf in 70 degree weather but you'll be prepared for next Winter!
This is really great quiet fox!! I'm sure if that if you listen to more of their music you'll fall in love with them too. The songs that I've listed here are just a little peek into their wonderful catalog and I probably could ramble on and on about more of them. 😛 Some of their older catalog is out of print but may show up on auctions sometimes. I do hope that you explore their music further. 🙂
Thank you wu-san! I really hope that they move you as well! I've been wanting to write about them for quite awhile but because they're my favorite band I as a bit hesitant…afraid to mess this up! 😛 Just a few more quick song suggestions would be: "Over" (really will make you think of The Beatles!), "Nishie higashie", "Love", "Kimi ga ita natsu", "World's End", "Not Found", "CROSS ROAD", "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Any", and "Ame nochi hare."
I'll give them a listen tommorow, well starting with the downloads on this blogpost. Hopefully I'll enjoy them 😛
Careful now MorningBerryz, you'll be reciting the whole discography next heheh. but no, I'll be sure to take onboard your suggestions. 27 straight number ones though? that's mad! I guess that's the proof right?
Wow you're up late!!! Isn't it past 3 in the morning there?!! :O Or am I way off in figuring out the time difference? Hmmmm…the wacky thing is that I'd probably eventually suggest their entire discography unless you stop me! Thank you for listening! I hope you enjoy their music as close to my obsession as possible!! 😛 I wonder if some artists purposely don't release their new singles on the same day as Mr.Children as they'd have to beat them in sales to be #1 for the week.
I know, still up…but I'll head for my bed in a minute I think. Yep you're right about the time difference. It was 3am back then. One thing I forgot to ask you in a message,,,how do you keep up with all the comments you reply too? it's quite something you know.
The idea of other artists planning their single releases around Mr.Children is a funny thought XD, but I wouldn't be suprised if it was true in some cases. But then perhaps it's a goal from other atists to be the one to stop the #1 trend.
I hope that you start work at a later hour tomorrow!!…no wait…today!! I think there's a setting in VOX that allows you to have individual notifications sent to your e-mail each time a comment is posted or when fellow Voxers reply to your comments on their sites. Aw I do hope that their streak never ends as unrealistic as that sounds!
ah sometimes I'll get distracted by something, usually j-pop, and the time can just run away without me.
Listened to the songs once through, and I can say so far so good. I like them, and some of their songs have a nice nostalgic quality. I really like the strings on 'Tabidachi no Uta'
Ahh last night it was all Amuro Namie up until bed time! When I wrote this it was all Mr.Children for a few hours! 🙂 I'm happy to hear that they're maybe starting to grow on you! If you can find the lyrics for "Kurumi" it's a really touching song and it's one of my top 10 favorites I think. The more I think about it I really should have included more of their cutting edge songs as well. "Nishie higashie" and pretty much anything from "Shinkai." Their music is so accomplished and well rounded that I guess it would be difficult for me to present every dimension of them but there's so much more that I should have included here. I guess I'm obsessing since they're my favorite band in the world! 🙂
You know, I read your Amuro Namie, but I didn't want to comment because I know very little about her. Again, always impressed with the effort. From what I can remember of listening to some of her songs a while back, her music wasn't my thing.
I'll have to download some of those Mr.Children albums to get more of a perspective, but I'm pretty much comfortable with them already, so I'm sure I'll like them in general. heheh, It's exciting talking about favourite artists, as it shows here :P.
I'm thinking that you may have heard some of her later music as her really early songs are pure J-Pop love!! Please try listening to "Rainbow Moon" which is in that post and if you don't like this song then I'm totally wrong here. And seeing how young she was back then when she sang this…her voice is so incredible and strong!! Haha okay I'm sorry that I'm trying to force you to listen to Amuro! 😛 Ah there's so many more artists that I'd like to discuss and share.
Ah you maybe right, again – much like with mr.children – I'll find some time to give her a better listen. I guess I'll start with ''Rainbow moon'' then. I cant promise anything though 😛
Anyway, I'll be wondering which artists you will talk about in the future.
Hmmmm….I must post something about MAX, Fukuyama Masaharu, ELT, and Matsu Takako in the near future. There are so many artists to cover and I can't seem to find enough time in a day to accomplish this it seems lately. It feels like I'm on a blogging vacation right now and even today…it's already past 5 p.m. and I haven't written a single thing yet! 😛 You're going to love "Rainbow Moon." You have to love "Rainbow Moon." Don't you love "Rainbow Moon"?…I'm trying to hypnotize you! 😛
ah, you should do a post on those artists when you get the time, as I've never heard of them., and would be interested for find out, just like with Zard. Dont worry about needing to post up as fast as you sometimes can. We all understand that life can be hectic.
heheh, speaking of busy, as you know, I still have not got round to listening to Mr. Children and Amuro Namie…But I swear I will soon! maybe tonight if there is time – watching some movies with a friend – or 2moro, as there is no scedule. haha, I have J-pop time scedules lol. how silly.
I think you should slow down whenever you feel like, your posting frequency is already a miracle to me… And I'm still working on getting to know ZARD. I have Mr. Children's HOME tour to watch in the near future too.Great, there's one I know in there! Every Little Thing! I could go a whole day with only "Fundamental Love" ❤ Actually, I've already done that. Other favorites would be "fragile", "Deatta koro no you ni", "Graceful World" and "Forever yours".
I used to try posting at least once every day and sometimes more than once, but I've really slowed down since. Hmm…just not enough hours in a day it seems. Wow that's so great that you have Mr.Children's "Home" concert!! They're so amazing live and I hope you enjoy it!! I wish Zard toured more but there is one great concert video release that we have to watch! This is a great coincidence…I just mentioned Every Little Thing's "Deatta koro no youni" in a post. 🙂 I love early ELT and one of my favorites would be "Here and Everywhere." I haven't followed them recently though but would still like to have a little post about them in the near future. Mochida Kaori even released a single before she was ELT titled "Mou ichido" and I purchased her single back when they appeared on the music scene. It was kind of an indie release I think as I'm not familiar with the record label that it's on. I thought ELT was so much better before the keyboardist left and I was so surprised when he did.
Haha okay today I'm planning on getting more sleep if perhaps I don't write anything new. Last night I didn't even finish replying and had to go to sleep. :O You actually have a schedule?! That sounds like a lot of pressure! If you can get Mr.Children's "Popsauras" concert DVDs that's a great one to watch as it's pretty much like a greatest hits tour. The performances are all breathtaking and the atmosphere is pure electricity!! There's quite few films that I have to choose from for this weekend's viewing…hmmm not sure which one it'll be yet.
So maybe more nap time for you 😛
Ah, yep I have a j-pop scedule, basically for intlwota really, and just time out so I can check up on blogs and read. as for my own posts, I try to have a foundation for my writing, but it doesnt work for me personally. so it's random.
I'm downloading some Mr. Children albums but cant really come by DVDs as easily. But I'll try.
Yes I've been treating myself poorly when it comes to sleep lately. It's a funny cycle with my early working hours and I used to rely on the weekends to catch up on it but that hasn't been the case lately either. I've been reading an article about the necessary amount of sleep that one should get and I know that I must change. Are you required to read a particular number of sites and I was wondering if each author chooses which sites they'd like to read or is it done on a first come first read basis? Hmm…my goal of making you a Mr.Children fan is almost complete! 🙂
yes, a constant lack of sleep cant be too good for the body and soul right?
Ray is very easy going about my duties actually. He outlines the minimum to 2 a week. But since I enjoy the job, I average 4 a day. I usually stick to my own links, the ones I enjoy reading the most. The more new sites Ray discovers, I'll add the ones that I want to keep an eye on, and maybe start becoming a regular their. I read more than I link, as Ray takes up so much of the work, and I take the time out to read a lot of the blogs he mentions. As I've always said, I'm a reader before a blogger. It's just a shame I dont comment so much, as I do want to…but sometimes reviewing on intlwota – as I said before – robs me of the comment I would otherwise leave on their posts. So many good blogs out there now, it's really encouraging. Sometimes I can spend a good 2 hours just reading people's work. sorry, that was a long explanation lol.
ah, your task at getting people to listen to Mr. Children is starting to work on me 😛
Ahh I still ended up only getting about 5 1/2 hours last night. With so many sites out there I don't know how all you manage to keep up with it. Is someone actually looking for them or do people submit them? Hahah I remember some comments were identical over there and here. 🙂 I think you really have to watch Mr.Children live to appreciate them fully and I hope that you can find some concerts to watch. "Popsaurus"!! "Popsaurus"!!! 🙂
for the blog rounds I usually do…the last week or so has been relatively quiet. Ray still manages to put out lots of reviews on his side of things, which again, I think is great. Some people email Ray about their sight, or we'll discover them in some shape or form.
heheh yeh, I remember in some of my early comments, I would just paste my intlwota review here. Lazy eh 😛
hmmm…still in search of those concerts.
But it's totally okay as it must be difficult to think of something more to write as you've already shared your thoughts. With more sites appearing all the time how will everyone manage! How Ray finds so much time to dedicate to his sites is really amazing!
Maybe you should name your new laptop as "Popsauras" in their honor! 🙂 There is a place to name your PC for networking you know… Mine is named Vivian for rather obscure reasons right now… ^^Wired Magazine had an article called how to live on two hours sleep! (But please don't do that!! ^^
How to: Sleep Two Hours a Day
Don't waste time snoozing the night away. Turn your waking day into a
22-hour party by getting your shut-eye polyphasically — in a few quick
bursts. Studies by the Chronobiology Research Institute show that for
those on round-the-clock schedules — sailors, astronauts, gamers — it's
more effective to recharge in short stints. For survival, the brain
will eventually adapt by entering the REM state much faster. The
cumulative result: a higher percentage of the best kind of z's.
The most time-efficient strategy, dubbed the überman (what else?),
calls for a 20-minute nap every four hours. (Warning: The long-term
side effects are unknown. But with only two hours of sleep a day,
you'll have plenty of time to worry about it.) Here are three tips for
streamlining your sleep regime: 1) Invest in an office couch. You'll need to zonk at least twice during an eight-hour workday. 2) Use an alarm (or three). Oversleeping will turn you into a zombie. 3) Stick it out.
The first seven days of deprivation will be sheer misery, but stay on
track. Once you start dreaming during naps — a sign you've hit REM —
you'll begin to feel better.
— Mathew HonanYou know, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a great way to keep track of posts all over the 'net without having to go to each site. The My Yahoo! site I made for you is also a RSS reader. You get brief "headlines" of each post from a , and you just click to go to the full post. So many sites like VOX, Blogger, NASCAR support RSS these days! With My Yahoo! you can really have an MB Central – everything including email from one place.
あ！私のｐｃの名前は秘密だよ！Ah! I love Mr.Children more than any other band! ^-^ There are some really really great songs here if you have a chance to listen to them. Haha I love sleep too much to ever try that although I do go through days of sleep deprivation during the week at times. Sleep is a "hobby" and great interest of mine!! 😛 Sometimes I sleep for 8-12 hours on the weekends! But then I'm a zombie for a few hours. I really don't mine visiting all the individual sites and I know that sounds strange…I'm just weird. 😛
Did you see my Orange Days/Mr Children post today?? ^^I am a big sleep lover myself! It's not good to sleep too long, as you tend to wake up in the middle of a rem sleep cycle… zzzzZZZZzzz I have an electric blanket to keep me warm and toasty on cool nights like we've had lately!Itunes has podcasts (free) from places like Stanford University, and they have world experts talk about subjects just like this. If you had Facebook, you could be a "real" Zombie!! :PDo you have that iPod Nano still? iTunes and the iTunes Store work great on Vista and broadband. If you have an account set up, Itunes with find CD covers for you also. Of course, I expect that you've made yourself a playlist for your Blackberryz by now… ^^
It's so great of you to post those clips and include Mr.Children's theme song "Sign"! I hope you enjoy the drama too! Haha I've been known to sleep up to 12 hours on some days…and yet I then wonder why the weekend went by so quickly! 😛 I'm thinking about finally using my ipod nano as it's still in its original box and pretty much untouched right now. And now that my computer can handle the file system I really should make use of it. Well my Blackberry sadly is still music and video free…someone at work told me that the software that came with it doesn't need to be used in order to load files onto it but I'm not really sure how that's going to work. I'll probably just load videos onto it as I can't really see myself using it for music files.
Nothing like a long, luxurious sleep! ^^ To sleep, perhaps to dream… I have a very active dream life (as you might imagine)! ^^I had a dream recently where I was some mixture of The Last Samurai's Tom Cruise, Shogun character and Musashi all rolled into one! @@ And you, of course, where the lovely Mistress of the Tea House, in beautiful kimono, and exquisite tea implements… (no doubt from Memoirs of a Geisha and the The Teahouse Fire). Who wouldn't want to prolong such a vision?? :)Did you know that in San Diego there is in Balboa Park Friendship Houses of many Countries, including Japan? They often have special events there, including tea ceremonies.And speaking of Musashi, I got my first two Samurai Trilogy DVDs, Musashi Miyamoto and Duel at Ichijoji Temple in today from Netflix! (Plus Lust,Caution! ;)) So, I have a lot on my plate for my days off.You're right, now that you have an appropriate PC to support your iPod, I think you will love the Nano. iPods are more than just players, it's a whole "ecosystem" – iPod, iTunes and the iTunes Store. They all work pretty much seamlessly together, plus you can easily rip the music CDs you choose from your collection. And there is a huge third party lineup of accessories, like cute cases (including a "Kimono" model!) and ways to connect to your car stereo like tape adapters or FM wireless transmittal. <pictures MB singing her heart out in car to her dearest Pod tunes> :)It might be easier just to copy mp3s and videos to your microSD card. I have program that 's totally free to convert from Youtube to Blackberry/iPod Video. HERE I've got some nice videos that way.
Haha I rarely remember dreams and someone once told me that when you wake up tired it can mean that you were dreaming quite a lot…I don't know if that's true though I just tend to believe it. :PI hope the movies are good ones!! You sure do watch a lot of movies! I did purchase a micro SD card yesterday but I haven't installed it yet. I think I'd like to be able to store music videos and clips on it rather than mps's as I really can't see myself listening to my phone. A lot of friends do that at work while on break but I think I'd rather watch something. Hmmm….isn't Youtube a bit grainy though? I was thinking that since I purchase everything that I love that I'd like to somehow put my DVD pvs onto my phone but I'm imagining that they must be shrunk first. I tried using this program called DVD fab platinum and it seemed to change the file okay but afterwards there was no sound! :O I really didn't expect any of this to be easy though so I'm not that shocked. 🙂
They say that dreams are how you process and integrate the experiences you have. I've always dreamed a lot, so I am perhaps not typical. My dreams are Technicolor extravaganzas, so I think that there is a frustrated Cecil B. DeMille or Hitchcock in me!! :PI loved the first two movies, The samurai films. Such great stories and acting! Of, course, now I've blown the book, since it's same story! 😛 Any Ang Lee film is going to be great, so I'll just close my eyes during the naughty bits, OK? ;)Like I said before, I'll help US find just the right DVD ripping software. I love having videos on my video iPods (now the Princesses have that too, with their pink Nano G3) I can take some of the PVs I have out from storage too. 🙂
I’m still using your site for academic research.
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#MeToo movement decreased Game of Thrones nudity, says star
Carice van Houten says she's become more uncomfortable doing nude scenes.
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How a Twitter Campaign Took Down an ‘Ultra-Nationalistic’…
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LiLo posts nude selfie
Lindsay Lohan is celebrating her 33rd birthday in her birthday suit.
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Naked Man Claiming To Be “God’s Light,” In Northern Indiana…
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